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Lieberman held consultations with senior IDF and Shin Bet officials, as well as with the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and asked them to prepare for "additional steps if violent incidents occur. continue. "
Other measures could include more restrictions on Kerem Shalom, Gaza's main commercial crossing point and the only one with Israel.
Minister of Defense, Avigdor Lieberman
Lieberman cited Friday's riots on the barrier separating Gaza and Israel as having contributed to his decision, in addition to mid-week beach demonstrations in which fishing boats and protesters gather at the end. northwest of the Gaza Strip, where its maritime and land barriers meet with Israel.
Some 20,000 protesters gathered
Friday, along the border fence in Gaza, take part in weekly clashes, burning tires and explosive devices against IDF troops and covering the kibbutz near Kerem Shalom with heavy smoke.
The IDF said some protesters broke through the fence to launch grenades into Israeli territory before returning to the street.
The IDF responded with crowd dispersal measures, which included for the first time the use of sponge-tipped bullets.
Three Palestinians aged 12, 24 and 28 were killed during the skirmishes.
No Israeli casualties have been reported.
Creeping violence at the security border (Photo: AP)
In response to "grenades and explosive devices" fired at troops during protests, an Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft carried out two airstrikes on Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip. Gaza.
In anticipation of Friday's clashes, the IDF has closed traffic on at least four roads near the border with the Gaza Strip, fearing an escalation of hostilities in the region.
During the day on Friday, at least seven fires broke out in the border areas of Gaza following the launch of incendiary balloons in Israel from the Gaza Strip. Fire crews took control of the fires.
Riots at the Gaza border (Photo: AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation on the southern border during Friday's meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. "Israel would take strong action against Gaza for every action against Israel and the people of the south," he said.
Army soldiers led by the chief of staff, General Gadi Eisenkot, visited the border area of Gaza on Friday, after which they made an assessment of the situation.
IDF leader Eisenkot visits Gaza border (יום: דובר צה"ל)
In riots, the new leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Ziad al-Nakhala, spoke in public for the first time since his official appointment last week, warning residents of Gaza's border communities.
"Death is the life of our people and the lives of our children, and capitulation is our death. The Israeli aggression against the "March of Return" campaign and the massacre of our people must stop, "he said.
"The resistance must take responsibility. It has the capacity to turn the border region of Gaza and its settlements into a place that does not deserve life, "Nakhala threatened.
"We say to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: the historical enemy of our people does not understand the words of peace and compromise, but of war and sanctions," Nakhala told Abbas, adding that "we have recently strengthened our relations with all parties, especially with Hamas".
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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