Israeli jets bomb Gaza after mortar shells fired from strip

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JERUSALEM: Israeli jets on Tuesday bombed targets inside the Gaza Strip hours after militants from the territory fired extra than 25 mortar shells towards communities in southern Israel in what appeared to be the most important unmarried barrage for the reason that 2014 conflict.

The Israeli military stated nobody changed into hurt and that maximum of the shells have been intercepted with the aid of the Iron Dome defence device, although one landed near a kindergarten quickly before it opened.

The excessive volume of projectiles got here as tensions were going for walks high in recent weeks following the deaths of over 100 Palestinians from Israeli hearth in the course of mass protests along the border. Israel says it holds Gaza’s Hamas rulers responsible for the bloodshed.

“Israel will precise a heavy charge from folks who are searching for to harm it, and we see Hamas as liable for preventing such assaults,” top Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated following the barrage.

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