Tuesday, August 24, 2021

IDF strikes Gaza as arson terrorism rears its head - Neta Bar , Shahar Klaiman , Lilach Shoval and Reuters

 

​ by Neta Bar , Shahar Klaiman , Lilach Shoval and Reuters

Incendiary balloons launched by terrorists in the coastal enclave spark 10 fires in Israeli communities near the volatile border.

Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip Monday night in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, the military said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in the airstrikes that according to the IDF targeted a weapons production facility and a rocket launch site belonging to Hamas, the terrorist group that rules Gaza.

Incendiary balloons launched by terrorists in the coastal enclave spark 10 fires in Israeli communities near the volatile border, Israel's Fire and Rescue Service said.

Cross-border violence has spiked despite an Israeli announcement last week of a resumption of Qatari aid to Gaza, a move that had been seen as bolstering the fragile truce.

Days before Saturday's violence, Gaza fighters launched a rocket towards Israel that was shot down by its Iron Dome anti-missile system in the first such rocket attack since the May 21 ceasefire.

Israeli airstrikes hit four Hamas weapons storage sites in Gaza on Saturday as well, in response to a shooting attack on the border that critically wounded a Border Police officer.

Hamas spokesperson Ismail Radwan said Tuesday that the strikes "will not impede our resolve against the Zionists."

 

Neta Bar , Shahar Klaiman , Lilach Shoval and Reuters 

Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/08/24/idf-strikes-gaza-as-arson-terrorism-rears-its-head/

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