(Gaza) The Israeli army carried out a drone strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after border violence in which three Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire, according to a military statement and Palestinian sources.
The strike, carried out in the early evening, comes against a backdrop of almost daily violence since September 13 between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli forces on either side of the separation barrier between Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza controlled by the Islamist movement. Hamas, Israel’s black beast.
“A drone targeted a military post belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization, near the area where a violent riot was taking place during which shots were fired at soldiers, near the border,” he said. the army said in a statement.
A Palestinian security source said “an Israeli device had targeted a surveillance site belonging to Hamas east of Gaza City,” without reporting any casualties.
Earlier in the day, clashes broke out between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli forces stationed in Israeli territory on the other side of the security fence, noted an AFP journalist.
Protesters set tires on fire and threw stones at the soldiers. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, three Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire.
Since September 13, six Palestinians have been killed and nearly 100 injured during violence at the border, according to a report established by AFP based on figures provided by the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, a poor and cramped Palestinian territory, for more than 15 years.
In recent years, numerous wars have pitted Palestinian fighters from Gaza against Israeli forces.