Riots in Gaza
Photo: AFP
2 Palestinians killed in overnight IDF attack in Gaza
Incident comes at the end of a tense weekend that included riots on Gaza border which left 3 Palestinians dead, and violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Temple Mount; IDF declines to comment on what it describes as 'foreign reports.'
Two Palestinians were killed overnight Saturday during an IDF attack in northern Gaza near the border fence, as Israeli jets struck targets at the end of a tense weekend that saw protest on Temple Mount in Jerusalem and deadly riots held on the border.
The two bodies of the 24-year-old Palestinians were found this morning at the site of the attack.
The IDF issued a brief statement on the incident saying: “The IDF does not address foreign reports.”
Palestinian protests (Photo: AFP)
The incident took place after a tense weekend on the border during which three Palestinians were killed during clashes with IDF soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip.
The three Palestinians who were killed over the weekend were identified as Moumin al-Hams, 17, Majdi al-Satari, 11, whose age was previously announced as 14, and Ghazi Abu Mustafa, 43.
The same evening, gunshots were fired from the strip at Israeli security forces, prompting the IDF to send jets to attack observation posts in north of the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
The IDF said some 7,000 Palestinians took part in clashes, hurling stones at Israeli forces and burning tires on several spots along the border.
During the rioting, pipe bombs, a Molotov cocktail and a grenade were thrown at IDF soldiers. All fell inside the strip.
Rioters also waved placards bearing pictures of 17-year-old Mohammad Tareq Yousef, the terrorist who last week stabbed to death 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia in the Israeli settlement of Adam.
