Several thousand Palestinians protested on the Gaza border Friday, with several hundred rioting and clashing with Israeli forces, as the coastal enclave’s Hamas rulers marked 32 years since the founding of the terror group.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said five Palestinians were hurt in the clashes, which included the hurling of molotov cocktails and other objects at IDF soldiers.
Video shot near the southern city of Khan Younis showed a fire breaking out on the hood of an Israel Defense Forces vehicle after it was apparently struck by a fire bomb.
No soldiers were injured.
Around 2,000 people took part in protests at various spots along the Gaza border, according to Hebrew media reports.
כ-1,500 פלסטינים משתתפים בהפרות הסדר בכמה מוקדים לאורך גדר רצועת עזה. מקורות פלסטיניים פרסמו סרטון המתעד פגיעת בקבוק תבערה ברכב צבאי סמוך לגדר בח'אן יונס שבדרום הרצועה@Itsik_zuarets@AlonAmitzi pic.twitter.com/wSsDZmewMt— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) December 13, 2019
In addition to the border clashes, thousands took part in a pair of rallies in the Gaza Strip to mark the 1987 anniversary of Hamas’s establishment.
Fathi Hammad, a member of the Islamist terror group’s politburo, thanked Hamas fighters who fired rockets at Israel, Channel 13 news reported.
“[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s time is over,” he was quoted saying, in apparent reference to the Israeli premier’s political and legal woes.
Hammad also commented on Israeli captives held by Hamas, following recent reports of efforts to broker a prisoner exchange between Israel and the terror group.
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