An Israeli drone shot at a group of Gazooks flying incendiary balloons into southern Israel from the northern Strip on Monday afternoon, according to Paleostinian media.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that one of its aircraft targeted a "terror cell" launching arson devices in northern Gazoo.
According to the Hamas-linked Shehab news outlet, the group was operating near the border, east of the city of Jabaliya.
There were no injuries immediately reported.
Moments later, Shehab reported that the IDF fired at two observation posts in central Gazoo belonging to the Hamas terror group, which rules the Strip.
The military would not immediately confirm the report.
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and reported shelling came amid a period of heightened tensions in the coastal enclave, with Israel demanding an end to the arson attacks and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman threatening a large military operation."Is the State of Israel interested in a war against Hamas in the Gazoo Strip? The answer is no. Are we deterred from [starting] a campaign in the Gazoo Strip? Here too, the answer is no," Liberman said during a meeting with the IDF’s top brass on Monday morning.