JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says it has struck several Hamas targets in Gaza after a bomb planted on the border exploded near Israeli troops.
The military says the explosive device was placed along the border fence area during protests that have been taking place there. It exploded near an Israeli bulldozer on Wednesday.
No one was wounded by the bomb, and there were no immediately reports on casualties from the retaliatory strikes.
Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for all violence emanating from Gaza and will not allow the border area to become a combat zone.
Hamas has called for Palestinians to amass at the border as part of a weekslong campaign of protests against a decade-old Israeli and Egyptian blockade of the territory. Twenty-six protesters have been killed thus far.
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Israel strikes Hamas after bomb explodes on Gaza border
Israel strikes Hamas after bomb explodes on Gaza border
UK, France, Canada condemn Israel’s demolition of UN site in Jerusalem
LONDON: Britain and its allies, including France and Canada, on Wednesday strongly condemned the demolition last week by Israeli authorities of the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s (UNRWA) East Jerusalem compound.
The group, in a joint statement, called on the government of Israel to halt all demolitions.
The statement was published on the British government website on behalf of foreign ministers from Britain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal and Spain.
The group, in a joint statement, called on the government of Israel to halt all demolitions.
The statement was published on the British government website on behalf of foreign ministers from Britain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal and Spain.
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