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‘Israeli airstrikes’ & heavy blasts reported in Gaza after border clashes with IDF troops (VIDEOS) Israeli airstrikes & heavy blasts hit Gaza after border clashes with IDF troops (VIDEOS)
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Multiple blasts have rocked the Gaza Strip after the IDF reportedly launched a series of airstrikes in apparent retaliation to border clashes, in which an Israeli soldier was critically wounded earlier in the day. Multiple blasts have rocked the Gaza Strip after the IDF launched a series of airstrikes in an apparent retaliation to violent border clashes, in which an Israeli soldier was critically wounded earlier in the day.
The first strikes hit the enclave shortly before midnight, according to witnesses and Palestinian media reports. Multiple videos circulating online show massive blasts allegedly hitting the strip on Saturday evening. The first strikes hit the enclave shortly before midnight, according to witnesses and Palestinian media reports. Multiple videos circulating online showed massive blasts rocking the strip on Saturday night.
Israeli media suggested that the IDF was retaliating against Hamas, blaming the group for inciting border violence earlier in the day. “In response to the violent riots Hamas instigated on the Israel-Gaza border today, our forces just struck 4 Hamas weapons and storage manufacturing sites,” the IDF confirmed in a tweet. The Israeli military earlier announced it was sending “reinforcements” to the Gaza Division.
There was no immediate confirmation from the IDF, but Israeli military earlier announced it was sending “reinforcements” to the Gaza Division. Some reports suggested at least one of the strikes hit an area near the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW Major clashes erupted in the heavily-fortified border area after hundreds of Palestinians gathered to protest the ongoing Israeli blockade on Saturday afternoon.
The IDF responded with “riot dispersal means” – and admitted to using live fire “when necessary” – after some of the protesters tried to scale the fence, while others allegedly “threw explosives towards Israeli troops.”
At least 41 Palestinians were injured in clashes, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head, according to Gaza's health ministry. On the Israeli side, one border guard was hit by cross-border fire and rushed to a hospital with critical injuries, the military said. 
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