Iran Press/Middle East: Gaza residents said Israeli jets targeted three locations throughout the Gaza Strip and several Gazans were also wounded in the Israeli strikes, the Gazaalan news website reported.
Israel also closed both border crossings with Gaza amid rising tensions.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its fresh air raids came “in response to the rockets fired from Gaza” onto occupied territories overnight.
The claim was, however, rejected in a joint statement by Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups.
The Tel Aviv regime carries out regular attacks on the blockaded coastal sliver under the pretext of hitting positions belonging to the resistance movement Hamas, which runs the Palestinian territory.
The coastal strip has been under a crippling Israeli siege since 2007 and witnessed three wars since 2008. It has also witnessed a fresh wave of tensions since March 30, which marked the start of “Great March of Return” protests.
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that some 1,400 Palestinians shot by Israeli forces during “Great March of Return” protests in the occupied Gaza Strip.
The UN OCHA report, contributed by the World Health Organisation and the Disability Working Group, describes how Gaza’s “health sector has continued to struggle with the cumulative caseload of serious injuries, particularly those requiring long-term rehabilitation.
Thousands of Palestinians have been staging demonstrations on Gaza Strip’s Eastern border with Israel against the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands recently.
The peaceful marches and demonstrations are in support of the long-ignored right of Palestinian refugees who want to return to their ancestral homeland.
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