Israeli drone fires missile at Palestinian balloons launchers in Gaza

June 29, 2018

Xinhua Net:

GAZA, June 28 (Xinhua) — An Israeli drone on Thursday fired a warning missile at a group of Palestinians launching flaming balloons from eastern Gaza city into Israel, local media reported.

No casualties were reported in the attack, eyewitnesses said. The Palestinians launched earlier Thursday around 30 flaming balloons from eastern Gaza into Israel, causing 15 large fires on the agricultural fields in southern Israel.

Launching flaming kites and balloons is part of the Palestinian protests named “The Great March of Return and Breaking the Israeli Siege,” held near the Israel-Gaza border since March 30. Ashraf al-Qedra, the Gaza Health Ministry’s spokesman, told reporters that the death toll since March 30 has grown up to 133 while more than 14,000 others were injured.

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