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Sunday, July 22, 2018
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Sunday, July 22, 2018
Israeli fires on Gazans, breaking shaky calm
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn IDF aircraft has fired at a group of Palestinians launching incendiary balloons into southern Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, breaking two days of relative calm along the border, the army says.
Earlier in the day, one such incendiary balloon was discovered in the Eshkol region, though it did not start a fire.
As of 8:45 p.m., there had been no fires in southern Israel sparked by airborne arson devices from the Gaza Strip, according to a spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Services southern division.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said earlier that Israel would reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza if the calm could be maintained for several days.
— Judah Ari Gross
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