Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that any cease-fire deal with Hamas would not apply to the use of incendiary kites and balloons used by Palestinian activists to attack Israeli territory.
On Saturday, Israel and Hamas -- the latter of which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007 -- reportedly agreed to the terms of an Egyptian cease-fire proposal.
While visiting the city of Sderot on Monday, however, Netanyahu said that the deal would not apply to the use of incendiary kites and balloons by Palestinian activists in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
“If this cannot be understood with words, it will be made clear by the Israeli army,” Israeli radio quoted Netanyahu as saying.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip wounded two Palestinians on Sunday in clear violation of a cease-fire brokered last night, the Gaza Health Ministry said.According to a ministry statement, Israeli fighter jets pounded Beit Hanoun area, northern Gaza.This is the fourth airstrike on Gaza in the last 24 hours.Palestinian resistance group Hamas said on late Saturday a cease-fire with Israel in Gaza had been reached with mediation from Egypt.On Saturday, two Palestinians were martyred and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which the Israeli army said were in response to a volley of rockets fired from the strip into southern Israel.Since March, more than 130 people have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire during Palestinian protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation and 11-year blockade, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly 2 million inhabitants of basic commodities.Israeli plane strikes kite flyers in GazaIsrael carries out airstrikes in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip injure 2
The prime minister reportedly made the remarks following a dispute between Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Army Chief-of-Staff Gadi Eizenkot over how the military should respond to the improvised flying weapons.
On Sunday, Israeli radio reported that Bennett, along with Interior Security Minister Gelad Ardan, had defended the right of Israeli troops to fire on kite-launchers, while Eizenkot had expressed opposition to the practice.
Earlier Sunday, an Israeli warplane fired on a group of Palestinian activists launching incendiary kites and balloons near the Gaza-Israel border fence.
According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent based in the area, the attack -- which apparently failed to cause any casualties -- occurred east of Gaza’s city of Deir al-Balah.
Israel conducted 40 attacks against Gaza Strip on Saturday, Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said in a statement on Sunday.The statement said these attacks include airstrikes and artillery fire.At least 85 bombs hit Gazans.On Saturday, two Palestinians were martyred and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which the Israeli army said were in response to a volley of rockets fired from the strip into southern Israel.Since March, more than 130 people have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire during Palestinian protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation and 11-year blockade, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly 2 million inhabitants of basic commodities.Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip injure 2
Israel conducts 40 attacks against Gaza
In a statement, an Israeli army spokesman said that the strike had targeted a team of Hamas fighters launching “arson balloons” into Israeli territory.
In recent weeks, Palestinian activists in Gaza have been flying incendiary kites and balloons into Israeli territory as part of ongoing rallies along the Gaza-Israel security fence that began on Mar. 30.
Since the rallies began, more than 130 Palestinians have been martyred -- and thousands more injured -- by Israeli army gunfire.
Protesters demand the “right of return” to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.
Hundreds of Palestinians converge along the Gaza-Israel security fence on July 13, 2018 to take part in ongoing rallies against Israel's decades-long occupation. According to a written statement from Palestine's Health Ministry, Osman Rami Hills, a 15-year-old Palestinian, was killed by Israeli live bullet during Friday's protest at the Gaza border. 
For 16th week in row, Gazans protest siege, occupation
They also demand an end to Israel’s 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal territory’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of basic commodities.
On Saturday, two Palestinians were martyred when Israeli warplanes struck targets in Gaza in ostensible retaliation for rockets allegedly fired from Gaza into southern Israel.