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Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in one of Israel's airstrikes on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, after an overnight confrontation with the Islamist Hamas movement that controls the enclave.
These raids, which are following a first round of night strikes, in the aftermath of clashes on the border between Israel and the enclave, where two young Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded by Israeli forces. An Israeli soldier was also wounded.
The Israeli strike that killed two teenagers aged 15 and 16 on Saturday targeted a building in the west of Gaza City, said the Ministry of Health in the Palestinian enclave . The two youths were in the street at the bottom of this building, empty at the time of the raid, according to this source.
The Israeli army said in a statement that this building was used for military purposes by Hamas. 19659002] Israeli raids on Saturday afternoon also left 15 Palestinians wounded, two in Rafah in the south, and 13 in Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources and the Gaza Ministry of Health. [19659002] The raids continued late Saturday afternoon, according to an AFP correspondent.
According to Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus, spokesman for the Israeli army, Saturday's raids are " the most important daytime operation (of the air force) in the Gaza Strip since the war of 2014. "
" Hamas has exceeded the limit with its so-called + Return march + which consists of made in acts of violence, attacks against the closure of the rocket fire against Israeli territory and the launching of incendiary balloons and kites, "he said in a teleconference with journalists mid-afternoon.
Since March 30, the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel is the scene of protests against the strict Israeli blockade and the "right of return" of Palestinians expelled from their lands or who fled Israel's creation in 1948.
At least 141 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire and more than 4,000 have been shot by wounds since the beginning of the demonstrations. No Israeli was killed.
The Israeli army, accused of excessive use of force, says it will be used as a last resort to protect its borders and accuses Hamas of using the protest movement to cover attacks and attacks. infiltration attempts.
– "Immediate Response" –
On Saturday morning, the Israeli army reportedly carried out nightly air raids against Hamas targets in response to "acts of terror during the violent riots had taken place (a few hours earlier) along the security fence "that separates Israeli territory from Palestinian enclave.
These raids had not caused casualties, according to the Palestinians.
Thirty or so rocket and mortar shell fire into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip took place almost simultaneously with these night raids.
Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman, claimed responsibility for firing at Israel in ex in a statement that it was an "immediate response from resistance" to Israeli night raids.
In total, according to the Israeli army, some 60 rockets and mortar shells were fired into Israeli territory from Saturday's enclave at dawn until mid-afternoon.
Three Israelis were injured by a rocket that fell on Saturday late in the afternoon. noon on the roof of a house in Sderot (south), an Israeli settlement bordering the Gaza Strip, said the Israeli emergency services.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, a 15-year-old boy was killed and 220 other Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire during the violence that broke out on Friday at the border demonstrations.
Seriously wounded by gunfire on Friday, another 20-year-old demonstrator died Saturday from his injuries, the source said.
According to the Israeli army, grenades, explosive devices, Molotov badtails, Flaming tires and stones were thrown at the soldiers, one of whom was wounded.
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since 2008 and have observed a tense ceasefire since the armed conflict of 2014. [19659002BytheendofMayIsraeliforcesandPalestinianarmedgroupsinGazahadexperiencedtheirmostsevereconfrontationsince2014
The Israeli army, for example, claimed to have struck 65 Hamas military positions in the enclave in retaliation for firing a hundred rockets and mortar shells against its territory
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