Gazans continued to launch balloons toward southern Israel a day after a 26-year-old Palestinian man was killed and several others injured as thousands of rioters clashed along the border fence with Israel.
Accounts on social media shared pictures of Palestinians launching the balloons on Saturday, with one man saying that they were launching the balloons to honor those killed by Israeli troops.
“We are launching balloons loaded with pictures of the martyrs who were assassinated by the Zionist enemy, and messages bearing threats to them,” one man was quoted by Shebab News Agency as saying.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry announced that Ahmed Mustafa Mahmoud Saleh from the Jabalya refugee camp died after he was shot in the stomach during the riots.
Another 15 Palestinians, including five children, were injured during the riots in which demonstrators hurled explosive devices and burned tires. Troops responded with live fire and tear gas.
Saleh was the third Palestinian killed during recent protests along the border fence, including 12-year-old Omar Abu Nil and 36-year-old Hamas operative Osama Duiej.
St.-Sgt. Barel Shmueli, a Border Police sniper, was also killed after he was shot in the head at point-blank range by a Hamas operative.
Palestinian rioters from so-called “night confusion brigades” have been rioting along the perimeter fence every night for the past week in an attempt to increase pressure on Israel to ease the 14-year blockade on the coastal enclave.
Hamas has also warned of more unrest until they receive the Qatari money into the Strip and the lifting of other restrictions on the coastal enclave
The Islamic Jihad also sent a message to Israel on Saturday, saying its options “will grow and broaden if Israel does not commit to lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian people have a right to take all the required steps to strengthen their political and national rights.”
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