Mon, 2020-08-17 00:36
GAZA CITY/JERUSALEM: Israel’s army launched new airstrikes on Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory.
The Israeli measures came after a week of heightened tensions, including clashes on Saturday evening along the Gaza-Israeli border, the army said.
Dozens of Palestinian “rioters burned tires, hurled explosive devices and grenades toward the security fence and attempted to approach it,” an Israeli Army statement said.
![Smoke and flames rise after Israeli army war planes carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip on August 16, 2020. (AFP)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2020/08/17/2232686-1771460673.jpg)
![Palestinian Hamas militants march on a street at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City on Sunday. (Reuters)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2020/08/17/2232696-1687987704.jpg)
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