OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: Israeli fighter jets bombed Hamas camps in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the attack that targeted what the Israeli military said was a rocket launching site and a compound belonging to Hamas, the political group that governs Gaza.
A social media post by New Press publication, showed streaks of lights coming from Gaza, as shots were fired targeting Israeli planes in retaliation of the attack.
New Press also reported that three sites were targeted by Israel including Beit Hanoun and Jabalya.
Since May 21 ceasefire ended 11 days of Israel-Hamas fighting, Palestinians in Gaza have sporadically launched balloons laden with incendiary material across the border, causing fires that have burned fields in Israel.
The incendiary balloons have been used previously in response to the tightening of Israel’s blockade on the coastal enclave after new restrictions were issued during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in May.
Balloon launches had mostly ebbed after Israel eased some restrictions on Gaza.
But on Friday, balloons were again launched from Gaza, causing at least four brush fires in areas near the Israel-Gaza frontier.
The Israeli military said its air raids were in “response to continual launches of incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel throughout the day”.
The blazes along the Gaza frontier broke out on Friday as Israel separately traded fire over its northern border with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah, in the third day of cross-border salvoes amid wider regional tensions with Iran.
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