The Israeli military announced a new round of strikes on Saturday evening against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for the launching of incendiary balloons from the Palestinian enclave into Israeli territory.
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Clashes also erupted in the evening along the barrier separating Israel from Gaza, the IDF said in a statement, adding that a dozen people " burned tires, threw explosive devices and grenades at the sea. security barrier and attempted to approach it ”.
Over the past week, the IDF has carried out several nightly strikes against positions of the Islamist movement that controls the Palestinian enclave, in response to incendiary balloons, some of which have ignited fire in the area. southern Israel, 19 for Saturday alone, according to the Israeli fire and rescue service.
In addition to the strikes, in retaliation from the balloons, the Israeli authorities this week also reduced the fishing zone in the Mediterranean for Gazans, and closed Kerem Shalom, the only point of passage for goods between Gaza and Israel, which imposes a blockade on this territory. a pauperized Palestinian of two million inhabitants.
Despite a truce last year favored by the UN, Egypt and Qatar, Hamas and Israel, which have already fought three wars (2008, 2012, 2014) clash sporadically with rocket fire, d mortar shells or incendiary balloons from Gaza and retaliatory strikes by the Israeli army, which considers the fire to be a violation of its sovereignty and a threat to its security.
