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Gaza (Palestine) (AFP) – A ceasefire announced by Hamas on Sunday after the most violent exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, calming fears of wider conflict The Islamist movement that is leading the blockade of the Gaza Strip said Saturday that the ceasefire had been concluded with the help of Egypt and the United States. Other countries. Israel refused to comment
The United Nations special envoy to the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, was in Gaza and "worked with all parties concerned to defuse the situation," a senior official said. UN under the guise of anonymity. Despite some fire trading at a lower level, relative calm returned Sunday in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli military declarations indicate that on three occasions planes fired on what they said were activists throwing balloons carrying incendiary bombs over the border fence – twice in the north of Gaza and once in the south. On Saturday, dozens of Israeli air strikes Saturday killed two Palestinians, while 200 rockets and mortars were fired from the Israeli enclave.
Four Israelis were wounded when a rocket was hit. A house in the city of Sderot, according to the authorities.
On Sunday, the army announced that it had increased the deployment of its Iron Dome missile system in areas adjacent to the Gaza border and in central Israel, around Tel Aviv. Aviv. "The two Palestinians killed on Saturday were aged 15 and 16, beaten by an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City," said the Ministry of Health. Twenty-five people were injured in Gaza, he added.
– "The hardest shot" –
Hamas claimed to have fired on Israel in response to air strikes that took place after a soldier was wounded. by a grenade along the Gaza border. [1965] Hamsa's Hamsa Haniyaadeclaredfamiliesofthe two-teenagers that the movement would challenge Israelwith borderprotestations until the midst of the world
"This blood will not be shed for anything," he told hundreds of people. "The enemy will not escape the punishment of the heroic resistance."
The mother of Amir al-Namra, the 15-year-old killed, said, "He just went out for a walk."
Israel accused Hamas of being responsible for this escalation, highlighting months of protests and clashes along the border that his army claims the Islamist movement is seeking to use as a cover for attacks.
Hundreds of fires in Israeli farms provoked by kites and balloons carrying incendiary bombs from Gaza pushed the government and the army to take action against Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Since the war of 2014.
He declared that Israel would not accept a ceasefire "that would allow the continuation of terrorism by kites and incendiary balloons."
" We are not ready to accept appropriately "
Thick p Dozens of targets have been reported to militants, including a five-storey unoccupied building, apparently used by Hamas as a training center with a tunnel underneath.
In Israel, air raid sirens on Saturday sent people rushing into shelters in the vicinity of Gaza as rockets and mortar shells were fired from the nearby Palestinian enclave.
Israel said its air defenses intercepted about 30 of some 200 rockets and mortars.
– Tensions –
Tensions erupted between Hamas and Israel for months because of protests and clashes closes. The two sides have already fought three wars since 2008.
Since protests and clashes erupted along the border on March 30, at least 141 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire.
Protests and clashes, but others sought to break or damage the border fence.
No Israeli was killed.
Gaza's incendiary balloons and kites caused 750 fires and burned 2,600 hectares, leading to hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the Israeli fire service, on July 11, Israel closed its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip in response to the fires
Hamas described this movement as a "crime against humanity" , Gaza being already a victim
Border demonstrations peaked on May 14, when the United States moved their Israeli embbady to the disputed city of Jerusalem, but continued at a lower level ever since.
Soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians, including a teenager, and wounded hundreds of others in border clashes.
An Israeli soldier was wounded moderately when a grenade was thrown at him from the northern Gaza Strip. baderts that its use of live fire is necessary to defend its borders and stop infiltrations. Palestinians and human rights groups say that unarmed protesters are shot dead while they pose no real threat.
