Gaza targeted by Israeli airstrikes after incendiary balloon launches
An incendiary balloon rises in the sky over Gaza just after an Israeli airstrike on August 23, 2021. AFP - SAID KHATIB
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The Israeli military launched airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza after throwing incendiary balloons.
New demonstrations are planned along the border, they are always linked to the sums of money intended for the financial assistance of the Palestinian enclave.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Michel Paul
Three months after the end of
the Israeli military operation in Gaza,
it escalates again.
According to an Israeli army statement, it is an arms production site, the entrance to a tunnel and a rocket battery buried in the Gaza Strip that were targeted by the air raid. last night.
This is Israel's response after more incendiary balloon throws on Monday.
Over the weekend, a demonstration along the border severely repressed by the Israeli military left some 40 Palestinians injured.
On the Israeli side, a border guard was seriously injured.
A new Palestinian rally is scheduled for Wednesday, again to protest against the new modalities of financial aid to Gaza.
In Israel, the right is exerting strong pressure on the prime minister to react forcefully.
A delicate situation for
Naftali Bennett
who is meeting President Biden at the White House this Thursday.
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