An Israeli warplane on Saturday struck the northern Gaza Strip but apparently caused no casualties.
\nAccording to eyewitnesses who spoke to Anadolu Agency, the warplane targeted the Abu Safiyya district.
\nThe Israeli army said in a statement that a military warplane had targeted young people in the Gaza Strip allegedly “flying incendiary kites and balloons.”
\nNo casualties or injuries were so far reported by Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry.
\nIn recent weeks, Palestinian activists have been flying burning kites and balloons over Israeli territory as part of ongoing anti-occupation protests along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone.
\nAccording to Israeli officials, the improvised aerial weapons have caused a number of fires inside Israeli settlements, causing significant material damage but not resulting in any deaths or injuries.
\nSince the latest round of Palestinian rallies began in late March, scores of Palestinians have been martyred — and thousands injured — by Israeli troops deployed along the other side of the buffer zone.
\nProtesters demand the \u201cright of return\u201d to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.
\nThey also demand an end to Israel\u2019s 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave\u2019s economy and deprived its more than 2 million inhabitants of many basic commodities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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