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Four Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed, according to the Gazan Health Ministry and the Israeli army. The Jewish state announced that it fought back against its troops
Four Palestinians were killed Friday (July 20th) in the Gaza Strip, the Gazan health ministry announced. Two of them were killed by Israeli gunfire near Khan Younis, in the south of the territory. The shooting was aimed at a Hamas observation post, the Islamist movement in power in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian security sources.
The third victim was killed by Israeli forces in Rafah, also in the south of the Gaza Strip, and a fourth Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers near the border area east of Gaza City. The military wing of Hamas announced that three of the Palestinians killed on Friday were part of their "combatants" .
An Israeli soldier was killed by Palestinian gunfire, also announced in the early evening Friday, the army in a statement. "During one incident, a group of terrorists fired at Israeli soldiers. One of them was seriously injured and later succumbed to his wounds. " added the army, claiming to have retaliated with a series of air raids against the Palestinian enclave. This is the first Israeli killed since the beginning, on March 30, of a protest movement in Gaza against the Israeli blockade.
"Violent riots" according to the Israeli army
Planes and tanks Israel bombed "military targets throughout the Gaza Strip," announced earlier in the day the Israeli army. This operation was launched in response to gunfire targeting Israeli troops, according to the military. Still according to the army, the shooting against Israeli soldiers took place during "violent riots along the security fence" which marks the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
"If Hamas continues its rocket fire, Israel will react much harder than they [les dirigeants du Hamas] think" warned Friday the Israeli defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, shortly after firing three rockets from the Gaza Strip, two of which were intercepted.
The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, reacted to these announcements by calling for calm: [19659010] ? in in in in in in in in ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Not next week. Not tomorrow. Right NOW! Those who want to pr … https://t.co/gyrcm8eeQG
– nmladenov (@Nickolay E. MLADENOV)
"Everyone in the Gaza Strip must move away from the precipice. Not next week. Not tomorrow. AT ONCE. Those who want to provoke a war between Palestinians and Israelis must not succeed.
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Since March 30, Palestinians have been demonstrating regularly in the border area to denounce the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza and demand the return of Palestinian refugees who have been displaced or have fled their lands. 1948, when the State of Israel was created
More than 100 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army during clashes that erupted during some of these gatherings. No Israeli was killed.
For more than a week, Israel has been hardening its response to kites and incendiary balloons launched from Gaza, which have set over more than 2,600 hectares in Israeli territory , according to the Hebrew State. In recent days, the Israeli army has opened fire at groups launching such devices.
M. Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman has increased the threat of a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not halt the launch of the incendiary devices. Israeli TV broadcast this week footage of army maneuvers training for a land incursion into the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hamas have clashed in three wars since 2008 that ravaged this enclave today is experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis. For more than a decade, the Gaza Strip, wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean, has been subjected to a strict Israeli land, sea and air blockade. The strengthening of the blockade is intensifying pressure on Hamas in a territory where about 80 percent of the two million people depend on aid, according to the World Bank.
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