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Palestinians in front of a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes on July 15, 2018 in Gaza / AFP
Tension sank Sunday in the Gaza Strip and nearby Israeli settlements, in the aftermath of the worst armed confrontation between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement since the 2014 war.
Saturday night, Hamas, which heads the Palestinian enclave had announced that a cease-fire had been concluded through Egyptian mediation. Since then, some exchanges of fire only came to disturb the precarious calm.
On Sunday, the Israeli army reported deploying batteries from its rocket interception system in areas around the Gaza Strip and in central Israel around Tel Aviv. She added that "a limited number of reservists have been recalled to reinforce Air Defense Command."
On Saturday she conducted dozens of air strikes, killing two Palestinian teens aged 15 and 16, while 200 rockets and shells had been fired from the enclave into Israeli territory.
UN Special Envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov, visiting Sunday in the Gaza Strip, called on all actors to put an end to the "cycle" of violence, saying that the solution was to be political.
Saturday's escalation came after deadly clashes along the fence between Israel and the blockaded enclave, and after a confrontation in the night from Friday to Saturday, Hamas firing rockets and mortar shells on Israeli territory while Israel was conducting air raids
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Photo taken on 15 July 2018 in Gaza the funeral of one of the two Palestinian teenagers killed the day before in an Israeli air raid / AFP
At the funeral of the two teenagers, Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, promised an intensifica demonstrations as long as the blockade is not lifted.
"This blood will not be shed in vain," he promised.
Since March 30, the border area has been the scene of protests against the strict Israeli blockade and the "right of return" Palestinians evicted from their lands or fled to Israel's creation in 1948.
At least 141 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire and more than 4,000 have been shot since that date. No Israeli was killed.
In addition, more than 2,600 hectares of land were burned in Israel by incendiary balloons and kites from Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
– "Coup the hardest "-
Israel accuses Hamas of being responsible for this escalation, the most intense since the devastating war of 2014, which took place after more than three months of protests and demonstrations. clashes along the barrier.
The Israeli army inflicted Hamas its "hardest blow" since 2014, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the opening of the cabinet.
"It is said that Israel has accepted a cease-fire allowing the continuation of acts of incendiary terror with balloons and kites, it is false, we will not accept any attack against us," he added.
Israel closed on July 9 Kerem Shalom, the only crossing point for merchants between Israel and Gaza, in response to incendiary kites sent from the enclave.
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