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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.
An Israeli warplane on Sunday struck a group of Palestinians trying to fly incendiary kites and balloons near border of the Gaza Strip.The attack targeted a group of kite flyers in the eastern city of Deir al-Balah, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the area.No casualties were reported.The attack came shortly after an Israeli plane shelled a farmland in the northern Gaza StripErdoğan recites Quran for martyrs of July 15 coupAn Israeli military spokesman confirmed the attack, saying the airstrike targeted a Hamas squad that was allegedly launching arson balloons from the northern Gaza Strip into Israel.The airstrikes came shortly after Israel and Palestinian resistance factions reached an Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire deal to calm tension in the Gaza Strip.In recent weeks, Palestinian activists have been flying flaming kites and balloons over Israeli territory as part of ongoing anti-occupation protests along Gaza border.Jerusalem marks anniversary of defeated coup in TurkeySince March, more than 130 people have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire during the protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation and 11-year blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly 2 million inhabitants of basic commodities.
Israeli plane strikes kite flyers in Gaza
Israeli warplanes carried out a fresh wave of airstrikes across the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, the largest since 2014, according to the Israeli military.In a statement, the army said the attacks targeted 40 military sites belonging to Palestinian group Hamas in the northern city of Beit Lahiya.The airstrikes came after dozens of rocket sirens sounded in southern Israel after rockets were fired from the Palestinian territory.“This attack is an expression of the intelligence and operational capabilities of the IDF, which can intensify and expand according to need and assess the situation,” the statement said.Saturday’s attacks were the largest since 2014 when the Israeli army launched a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 2,000 Palestinians and injuring thousands.Earlier Saturday, the Israeli army said it had destroyed two underground tunnels in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.Tension has been running high across the Gaza Strip amid protests demanding an end to the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and lifting an 11-year blockade, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of basic commodities. Since the protests began in March, more than 130 people have been killed – and thousands more injured – by Israeli army fire.Palestinian teenager killed in Israel-Gaza border protests
Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza