No report­s of casual­ties in GazaJERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft targeted several militant sites in Gaza after an ‘explosive balloon’ launched from the Palestinian enclave damaged a house in the Jewish state, the army said on Thursday. “An explosive balloon launched from the Gaza Strip damaged a house in an Israeli community, apparently after exploding in the air,” the army said in a statement. “In response, IDF fighter jets and attack helicopters struck a number of terror targets in a Hamas military compound in the central Gaza Strip,” the statement said. Eye witnesses in Gaza said a position of Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas rulers, was targeted in western Deir al Balah, south of Gaza city late Wednesday. Israel advances plans for nearly 2,200 settler homes: NGOPalestinians in Gaza have for months been sporadically launching balloons with incendiary and explosive devices at southern Israel in parallel with weekly protests and clashes taking place at the fence.

Source: The Express Tribune February 28, 2019 05:26 UTC