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GAZA CITY: After seven chaotic and violent hours, calm returned to the Gaza Strip during the night. Yet on Saturday (21 July), civilians in the Palestinian enclave and Israel remained fearful of the potential for a new war.
The murderous shooting by a Palestinian of an Israeli soldier during protests along the border on Friday sparked a widespread wave of Israelis. bombing, with three fighters Islamist leaders in Gaza killed by Hamas and dozens of targets
After intensive indirect mediation by the United Nations and Egypt, a truce came into effect at midnight but the two populations remain on alert "The war is coming, I know that (Israeli) occupation is conducting raids to pave the way with their home base," said Somaya Rabaya, 21 years old, from Deir al-Qaeda. The ceasefire agreement includes the end of the rockets and mortars, but it does not include the Hamas commitment to stop what the Israeli media has described as "deer terrorist flights, "said a senior Hamas source. condition o During the months of border demonstrations, young Palestinians in Gaza attached incendiary devices to kites and balloons and floated them over the border, sealing hundreds of fires
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<p> Ofir Libstein, 44, lives with his wife and four sons in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza, near the border with northern Gaza </p>
<p> by deer. flying and balloons. </p>
<p> "You see all the fire, all the trees, all the flowers, all the fire," he says. </p>
<p> He said that no fire had been lit near his home. </p>
<p> The outbreak of violence has also sent Israelis near Gaza repeatedly running for anti-aircraft shelters in recent weeks because of rockets and mortars fired by Palestinian militants </p>
<p> "It's scary, but "Palestinian relatives react when they arrive at the al-Shifa hospital morgue in Gaza City, where Palestinian parents react when they arrive at the morgue. from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City where the body of Mohammed Badwan was taken away after he was shot dead by Israeli forces during protests along the eastern border. of Gaza July 20, 2018. (Photo: AFP / Anas Baba) [19659012] Israeli politicians have threatened in recent days the harsher reactions against the perpetrators of incendiary bombs, the army targeting groups of young men releasing them near the border. </p>
<p> Saturday morning in Gaza, Wissam, aged 17, was of other young fi He placed kites with small bottles full of diesel, while sheltering behind a sandbar for fear of Israeli strikes. </p>
<p> "This morning, they bombed a Hamas observation post near here, I was afraid they were hitting us with a missile," he said. </p>
<p> <strong> "DO NOT WANT WAR" </strong> </p>
<p> The border was largely calm on Saturday, but there were months of major protests. </p>
<p> At least 149 Palestinians have been killed since the end of March, the death of Friday being the first Israeli killed </p>
<p> For Israel, the army defends its borders and stops infiltrations. </p>
<p> Palestinians and rights groups say unarmed protesters are shot dead while they pose no real threat to soldiers. </p>
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Palestinian paramedics transport wounded man to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after being wounded by Israeli forces during demonstrations along Gaza's eastern border on July 20 2018. (Photo: AFP / Anas Baba) [19659012] People in Gaza also see the kite firebo mbs as legitimate resistance against the Israeli blockade of the band.
In recent weeks, the situation has intensified. Last weekend saw the worst firefight between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since the 2014 war.
Israeli strikes have hit dozens of what the military has described as military targets in Gaza. Some 200 rockets and mortars were also fired at Israel from the territory.
"We do not want a new war," said Khaled Barbakh, 22, of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza
. Israel believes that the blockade is necessary to isolate Hamas, with whom it has fought three wars since 2008, most recently in 2014.
This means that this amounts to a collective punishment of the two million inhabitants of the band and leads to further radicalization.
While civilians remain worried about another conflict, if many of them rally to their leaders, Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group "If a war broke out now, I suspect that most would (will be in favor), "said Thrall
. "Had it broken out last night, the Gazans would have supported the retaliation of Hamas and many others. The Israelis reportedly supported Israeli action to try to stop the iary fire kites and balloons. "
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