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In response to the launching of incendiary balloons: The IDF attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip

An IDF spokesman said that fighter jets and tanks had attacked a military compound, underground infrastructure and observation posts of the terrorist organization, following the launch of explosive balloons into the Gaza Strip over the past week.

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The IAF attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to launching incendiary balloons into the envelope over the past week, the IDF Spokesman announced last night (Wednesday). The terrorist organization.

"The IDF takes all terrorist activity against Israeli territory very seriously and will continue to act as much as necessary against attempts to harm civilians," the IDF spokesman said. "Hamas bears responsibility for what is happening in and out of the Gaza Strip, and it will bear the consequences of terrorist acts against Israeli citizens."

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In the past week, balloon terrorism from the Gaza Strip has resumed, in a way that has led to a warming of the sector. Only yesterday about 60 fires broke out in various centers in the southern region as a result of the explosive balloons. The main fires broke out in the Ashkelon Beach, Eshkol, Sha'ar Hanegev and Merhavim regional councils. The fire services said that in most of the hotspots the infections were small, but in some of them damage was done.

Some of the fires occurred in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council area, near Kibbutz Erez, and another fire broke out in the area of ​​Kibbutz Kissufim. Sappers were also called to an area near the settlement of Maon between Arad and Hebron, after an explosive balloon was found at the scene.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas and Islamic Jihad against continuing to launch incendiary balloons into Israeli territory. "There will be a very heavy price for balloon terrorism and we will charge a high price for it," Netanyahu said in a statement issued yesterday after a visit to the Air Force base in Hatzor. "We have done this in the past and we will do it now. We will take it very seriously and you will see the results very quickly, but more importantly, Hamas and Islamic Jihad will see the difficult results," he added.

Defense Minister Bnei Gantz also referred to balloon terrorism. He clarified that if Hamas does not stop launching incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip, Israel will respond strongly. "Hamas can continue to inflate incendiary balloons and explosive balloons for the State of Israel. We are not ready to accept that," Ganz said during a tour of the Home Front Command. "As a result, we closed the Kerem Shalom crossing. They would do well to stop violating security and peace in the State of Israel. If that does not happen, we will have to respond, and forcefully."

Security officials also warned last night that the IDF would respond sharply to the continued firing of incendiary balloons and the launch of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. "The IDF is preparing for the possibility of several days of fighting if the arson is not stopped." This is against the background of more than 60 fires that broke out today throughout the area as a result of incendiary balloons.

Sources in the system explained that the balloons were inflated against the background of the deteriorating economic situation in the Gaza Strip, and a demand by Hamas to promote economic projects.