Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza as hostilities escalate
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#5NKZ7)
Cross-border gunfire earlier on Saturday seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians
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.
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