[News] Israel launches air raids on Gaza over ‘incendiary balloons’

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/15/israel-launches-air-raids-on-gaza-palestinian-security-sourcesIsrael
launches air raids on Gaza over ‘incendiary balloons’

*Israel launches new air raids on Gaza after Palestinians in the besieged
enclave sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel.*
15 Jun 2021

The Israeli air force launched air raids on the Gaza Strip early on
Wednesday after Palestinians in the besieged enclave sent incendiary
balloons into southern Israel, Israel’s military and witnesses in Gaza said.

In a statement, the Israeli army said it attacked Hamas compounds and that
it was “ready for all scenarios, including renewed fighting in the face of
continued terrorist acts emanating from Gaza”.

It was not immediately clear if there were casualties as a result of the
bombings.

The air raids mark the first major flare-up between Israel and Gaza since a
ceasefire on May 21 ended Israel’s 11-day assault on the territory, which
killed 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, according to Gaza
authorities. Twelve people in Israel were also killed by rockets fired from
the enclave.

On Tuesday, hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza protested
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/15/gaza-protests-against-israeli-right-wing-march-through-jerusalem>
against a “provocative” march by Israeli far-right nationalists through
occupied East Jerusalem.

Tuesday’s so-called “March of the Flags
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/15/tensions-high-in-jerusalem-ahead-of-hardline-israeli-march>“,
which marked the anniversary of Israel’s 1967 occupation of the city’s
eastern part, came as tensions remain high over Israel’s planned forced
displacement of Palestinian families from the neighbourhood of Sheikh
Jarrah.

Ahead of the march, Israeli police forcibly removed dozens of Palestinians
from outside the Old City’s Damascus Gate. At least 17 Palestinians were
arrested and 33 others were wounded as Israeli police fired stun grenades
in the surrounding areas of Damascus Gate.

Hundreds of Jewish ultranationalists participating in the march were heard
chanting “Death to Arabs” in Hebrew. In another anti-Palestinian chant,
they yelled: “May your village burn.”

More soon.
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