The Israeli air force carried out a series of raids in the Gaza Strip after the launch of fireballs on Tuesday June 15 from Palestinian territory in southern Israel, according to Palestinian security sources and witnesses. These are the first major incidents between Israel and Gaza since the ceasefire on May 21 that ended 11 days of a blitzkrieg that resulted in 260 Palestinian deaths, including children, teenagers and fighters, and 13 deaths in Israel. , including a child, a teenager and a soldier.
Also according to Palestinian sources, the Israeli air force has targeted at least one site east of the city of Khan Younes, in southern Gaza. An AFP photojournalist in Khan Younes saw the explosions. The Israeli defense force said that in response to the “incendiary balloons”, its “fighter jets hit military complexes belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization”. He added that “facilities and meeting places for terrorist agents” were targeted in Khan Younes. About a thousand apartments, offices and shops were destroyed in the last round of fighting in Gaza in May.
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The attacks of these hours are the first since a new coalition government took power in Israel, ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years in power. The fire balloons, which according to local firefighters caused about 20 fires in southern Israel, were launched in conjunction with the ultra-nationalist march that took place in the old city of Jerusalem on Tuesday.