Middle East News: Israel launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian activists released incendiary balloons into Israel, escalating tensions along the volat
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Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late on Friday after Palestinian activists launched incendiary balloons into Israel as a week of violence along the volatile frontier intensified. The rising tensions along Israel's front with Gaza came as fighting in the occupied West Bank surged to levels unseen in two decades. In the latest bloodshed Friday, the Israeli army killed a Palestinian militant in the northern West Bank.
Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late Friday after Palestinian activists launched incendiary balloons into Israel as a week of violence along the volatile frontier intensified.