Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon launch

Israelhit Islamist militant sites inGazawith airstrikes on Friday, July 2. This comes in retaliation forincendiaryballoonlaunches from the Palestinian enclave.

There were no injuries reported.

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A statement fromIsrael's army said: "In response to the arson balloons fired towards Israeli territory today, (military) fighter jets struck... a weapons manufacturing site belonging to the Hamas terror organisation."

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Eleven days of deadly fighting betweenIsraelandGaza's Hamas Islamist rulers, as well as other Palestinian armed groups based in the enclave, ended on May 21 with a ceasefire declaration. There was no immediate indication as to whichGaza-based group was responsible for theballoonlaunch.

The conflict has killed 260 Palestinians including some fighters, according toGazaauthorities. InIsrael, 13 people were killed, including a soldier, by rockets fired fromGaza, the police and army said.

Israelhas maintained a crippling blockade onGazasince 2007. This is the year Hamas took power, which the Jewish state says is necessary to contain armed groups in the enclave.

Meanwhile, in the ongoing conflict, the gap between truth and falsehoods is growing wider by the day. A lot of credit for this goes to social media where misinformation is flourishing with fake videos and images going viral.