GAZA, Sept 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli military said, it launched air raids on Gaza, after clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police at the border, which wounded at least 12 Palestinians.
No casualties among the Israelis were reported in the raids.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that, the aircraft struck a military post belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group ruling Gaza, after a “violent riot” broke out at the border between Israel and the coastal enclave.
During the standoff, explosive devices and grenades were thrown across the border fence towards IDF soldiers, leading the Israeli soldiers to use riot dispersal measures at the Palestinians, the IDF added.
No IDF soldiers were injured in the clash, it noted.
The Hamas-run health ministry earlier said that, at least 12 Palestinians were wounded by dispersal means using live bullets fired by the Israeli soldiers.
Palestinian security sources said that, the clash took place between hundreds of young Palestinians rallying to voice solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Also on Friday, a Palestinian rally held to denounce Israel’s settlement expansion grew to a clash with Israeli soldiers, in the village of Qaryut, northern West Bank, leaving four Palestinians wounded by rubber bullets, fired to disperse them, according to a statement issued by the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Gaza and the West Bank have witnessed unabated tensions between Palestinians and Israelis this year, amid long-stalled peace talks.– NNN-WAFA
