Israel confirms warning shot fired at incendiary balloon fliers in Gaza

The Israeli military confirms it fired a warning shot at Palestinians who were launching an incendiary balloon at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip today.

“A short while ago, an aircraft fired a warning shot at a cell that was preparing to launch incendiary balloons in order to drive them away,” the military says in a statement.

The Hamas-affiliated Shehab news outlet reports that the incident occurred east of Bureij, in the central Gaza Strip.

No Palestinians are reported injured in the incident.

— Judah Ari Gross

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