Israeli Aircraft Strike Hamas Sites In Gaza After Border Clashes

Some Palastinians tried to scale the border fence and others threw explosives towards Israeli troops, the Israeli military said.

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza late on Saturday, the military said, in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians, including two critically. The injuries came during a Gaza protest organised by the enclave's Islamist rulers Hamas and other factions in support of Jerusalem, where Palestinian clashes with Israeli police helped spark an 11-day Israel-Hamas conflict in May. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered near the Strip's heavily fortified border, where some tried to scale the border fence and others threw explosives towards Israeli troops, the Israeli military said. "IDF (Israeli military) troops responded with riot dispersal means, including when necessary live fire," it said in a statement.