IDF soldiers on Saturday identified a group of four people who crossed the security fence into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip.The soldiers opened fire at the individuals, who in turn fled back to Palestinian side of the fence. No injuries were reported in the Saturday morning incident.
The four threw a petrol bomb, and left a tent inside Israel, Channel 10 news reported, with the message: “March of Return: Returning to the lands of Palestine.”
The infiltration was one of numerous attempts over the weekend to breach and damage the border fence, the IDF said.
Dozens of burning kites were flown from Gaza across the border over the weekend, sparking several fires in Israeli fields, Hadashot TV news reported Saturday night. In the past month, 300 “attack” kites have been flown across the border, the report said, setting off 100 fires.
Since March 30, tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken part in weekly protests which Israel says are orchestrated by Hamas and used as cover for attempted terror attacks and breaches of the border fence.
The violent demonstrations were meant to end on May 15, but Hamas leaders have said they want them to continue.
Over 10,000 Gazans took part in the demonstrations in the course of Friday and Saturday, the TV report said.
The demonstrations came to a head on May 14 when the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem and at least 60 Palestinians were killed in clashes — almost all of them Hamas members, the terror group has acknowledged.
In recent weeks, Gazans have been flying kites into Israel outfitted with Molotov cocktails and containers of burning fuel, setting fire to large swaths of fields.
On Friday, strong winds hampered efforts to control fires which broke out at three points near Kibbutz Kissufim along the Gaza border after incendiary kites were flown into Israel from the Palestinian coastal enclave.
Military planners have begun implementing new measures to combat the assaults, including options drawn from the IDF’s responses to rocket launches and other terror attacks.
written: BahoziKurdistan SARVIN
