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Israel launches air raids on Gaza, first since truce with Hamas

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TBS Report
16 June, 2021, 07:50 am
Last modified: 16 June, 2021, 04:01 pm

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Israel launches air raids on Gaza, first since truce with Hamas

The Israeli raids come two days after a new coalition government, headed by right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett, took power on Sunday, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime minister

TBS Report
16 June, 2021, 07:50 am
Last modified: 16 June, 2021, 04:01 pm
A tree in a field catches fire after Palestinians in Gaza sent incendiary balloons over the border between Gaza and Israel, Near Nir Am June 15,2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
A tree in a field catches fire after Palestinians in Gaza sent incendiary balloons over the border between Gaza and Israel, Near Nir Am June 15,2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel launched air raids on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian groups in the besieged enclave sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel.

The overnight air strikes gave way to calm by morning, and there were no reports of casualties on either side, reports the Al Jazeera.

The raids early on Wednesday come less than a month after Israel's 11-day bombardment of Gaza in May and followed a march in occupied East Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists that drew Palestinian condemnation and anger.

Gaza tonight pic.twitter.com/2iwp09R1js— Muhammad Smiry (@MuhammadSmiry) June 15, 2021

The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked Hamas compounds in Gaza City and the southern town of Khan Younis and said it was "ready for all scenarios, including renewed fighting in the face of continued terrorist acts emanating from Gaza".

The raids, the military said, came in response to the launching of the balloons, which caused 20 blazes in open fields in communities near Gaza.

A Hamas spokesman, confirming the Israeli attacks, told Reuters news agency that Palestinians would continue to pursue their "brave resistance and defend their rights and sacred sites" in Jerusalem.

Israel's Army Radio reported that Israel informed Egyptian mediators that direct Hamas involvement in the fire balloon launch would imperil long-term truce talks.

Al Jazeera's Safwat al-Kahlout, reporting from Gaza, said Palestinian fighters said they had no orders from their commanders to respond to the latest raids.

He also noted Hamas did not mention retaliation or a response in their statement confirming the Israeli bombardment.

The Israeli raids come two days after a new coalition government, headed by right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett, took power on Sunday, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime minister.

The new government on Monday approved a "provocative" march by Israeli far-right nationalists and pro-settler groups through occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of people, waving flags and some chanting "Death to Arabs" paraded in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, drawing anger and condemnation from Palestinians.

In another anti-Palestinian chant, Israeli demonstrators shouted: "May your village burn."

In a scathing condemnation on Twitter, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said those shouting racist slogans were "a disgrace to the Israeli people", adding: "The fact that there are radicals for whom the Israeli flag represents hatred and racism is abominable and unforgivable."

The "March of the Flags" marks the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern part, and came as tensions remain high over Israel's planned forced displacement of Palestinian families from the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

In advance 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 wounded as Israeli police fired stun grenades in the surrounding areas of Damascus Gate.

In May, Israeli air raids in Gaza killed at least 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, while rockets launched by Palestinian groups killed at least 12 people, including two children. The escalation ended after 11 days with an internationally brokered ceasefire.

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