Israel military jets strike Gaza, claims to have responded to incendiary balloons

Israel military jets strike Gaza claiming response to incendiary balloons, according to the Israeli media reports.

The spokesman for Israeli military claimed their aircraft struck a Hamas rocket launcher and weapons factory in the Gaza Strip overnight.

Israel military jets strike Gaza

In this regard the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit’s statement defended the attack as a response to incendiary balloons launched towards southern Israel from the enclave throughout the weekend.

Furthermore, it said Israel would continue to respond firmly against terror attempts from the Gaza Strip.

During the strikes, machine guns were fired towards Israel but did not set off any alarms, the IDF said.

Media reported no injuries in the strikes or machine gun fire.

Overnight on Thursday Israeli jets struck a Hamas weapons factory in response to balloons that sparked at least four fires on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Hamas has repeatedly warned that it would retaliate over any incidents in Jerusalem.

However, Israel vowed it would treat the incendiary balloons like rocket attacks towards Israeli communities.

Tensions have been rising this week after Israel demolished a Palestinian shop in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Tuesday.

It triggered clashes between police and protesters who accused authorities of discriminatory enforcement of building permits in the holy city.

GTV