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Hundreds riot along Gaza border; IDF responds with tear gas, live fire
2018-11-20
[IsraelTimes] AP cameraman among 25 said injured by military as Paleostinians throw rocks, explosive toward security fence, Israeli troops on other side; 20 boats sail to Israeli naval border in maritime protest.

Hundreds of Paleostinians rioted along the northern border of the Gazoo Strip Monday, throwing rocks and an bomb at Israeli soldiers on the other side of the security fence, the army said.

Israeli troops responded with live fire in some cases, injuring 25 people, including an News Agency that Dare Not be Named cameraman.

A bomb hurled by the Paleostinian rioters fell short of the border and caused no injuries, according to a military spokesperson.

In response, Israeli troops launched containers of tear gas and, in some cases, fired live shots at rioters, the Israel Defense Forces said.

According to the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run Gazoo Health Ministry, 25 people were maimed to varying degrees by Israeli troops.

Among those hurt was journalist Rashed Rashid, who was shot in his left ankle while filming hundreds of Paleostinians who were protesting on a beach by the border fence near Beit Lahia, a front man for the ministry said.

The cameraman was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known.

An IDF spokesperson said approximately 800 people participated in the riots along the Gazoo border across from the Israeli community of Kibbutz Zikim ‐ a decrease from previous weeks.

In addition, the army said 20 ships set sail from the Paleostinian enclave toward Israel in an apparent attempt to break through the naval blockade Israel has in place around Gazoo. Israel says the blockade is necessary to keep terror groups in the Strip from obtaining weapons and war materiel.

Monday’s riots came days after a Paleostinian was killed and more than a dozen were maimed in similar festivities along the border with Israeli troops and a week after a major flareup between Israel and terror groups in the Strip.

The festivities come days after Israel engaged in the largest battle with Hamas and Paleostinian terror groups in Gazoo since the 2014 war.

Some 500 rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern Israel over the course of last Monday and Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces ‐ more than twice the rate at which they were launched during the 2014 conflict.

The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted over 100 of them. Most of the rest landed in open fields, but dozens landed inside Israeli cities and towns, killing one person, injuring dozens and causing significant property damage.

In response, the Israeli military said it targeted approximately 160 sites in the Gazoo Strip connected to the Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror groups, including four facilities that the army designated as "key strategic assets."

The fighting ended on Tuesday after a Hamas-announced ceasefire took effect, though this was not officially confirmed by Israel.

Molotov cocktail located in Gaza border communities

[Ynet] Drone affixed with Molotov cocktail was located in the Gazoo border communities on Monday. It appears the drone landed in Israel several days ago.
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