Ten fires broke out in southern Israel for a second straight day on Wednesday, just hours after the Israeli Air Force struck terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
All ten fires in the Eshkol Regional Council were caused by incendiary balloons sent over from the Hamas-run coastal enclave and all were small, contained and caused no physical or property damage, a spokesman for Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services’ Southern District said.
The fires came after the IAF carried out a series of airstrikes against military compounds belonging to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad early Wednesday morning in response to more than 20 fires ignited by incendiary balloons launched throughout the day on Tuesday.
“The strikes were carried out in response to the launching of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement, adding that Hamas is “responsible for what is happening in the Gaza Strip and will bear the consequences of its actions. The IDF is prepared for all scenarios, including the resumption of hostilities, in the face of continued terrorist acts from the Gaza Strip.”
Hamas responded to the strikes on Tuesday night, calling them “a failed attempt to stop our people’s solidarity and resistance with the Holy City, and to cover up the unprecedented state of confusion for the Zionist establishment in organizing the so-called ‘Flag March.’”
Dozens of Palestinians rioted and clashed with the IDF along the Gaza border on Tuesday, as tensions rose surrounding the controversial flag march that went through the Old City of Jerusalem.
During the clashes, a Palestinian within a small group of instigators was shot in the leg and taken away, according to Palestinian media. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at rioters.
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