{"id":13982,"date":"2018-06-10T00:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T00:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=13982"},"modified":"2018-06-10T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T00:21:13","slug":"idf-claims-explosive-palestinian-balloon-airstrike-prevented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/idf-claims-explosive-palestinian-balloon-airstrike-prevented\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF Claims Explosive Palestinian Balloon Airstrike Prevented"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"b-article__lead\">\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday inflicted a warning air strike on a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which were preparing to send a batch of explosive balloons over the border into Israel, a IDF spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<p class=\"marker-quote1\">&#8220;Moments ago, the IDF identified a group of\u00a0Palestinians preparing balloons with\u00a0explosive devices attached to\u00a0them to\u00a0be sent into\u00a0Israel in\u00a0order to\u00a0ignite fires and cause extensive damage to\u00a0Israeli territory. In response, an IDF aircraft fired a warning shot next to\u00a0the group,&#8221; the spokesperson said on\u00a0Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also notes that the Israeli army views the use of\u00a0balloons with\u00a0explosive devices &#8220;with great severity&#8221; and will continue to\u00a0prevent attempts of\u00a0their use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-inject m-inject-min\">\n<div class=\"b-inject__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Protestas en la frontera entre Israel y la Franja de Gaza\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.img.sputniknews.com\/images\/106525\/29\/1065252974.jpg\" alt=\"Protestas en la frontera entre Israel y la Franja de Gaza\" width=\"705\" height=\"375\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__copy\">\u00a9 REUTERS \/ Mohammed Salem<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__content\">Clashes With Israeli Forces Killed 135 Palestinians Since March 30 \u2013 Reports<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to\u00a0Israeli media, there were no reports of\u00a0any casualties as\u00a0a result of\u00a0the attack.The Great March of\u00a0Return lasted until\u00a0Nakba Day on\u00a0May 15\u00a0\u2014 the day that commemorates the 70th anniversary of\u00a0the Palestinian exodus that occurred as\u00a0a result of\u00a0Israel&#8217;s declaration of\u00a0independence in\u00a01948. The tensions were fueled on\u00a0May 14, when the United States relocated its Embassy in\u00a0Israel from\u00a0Tel Aviv to\u00a0Jerusalem, which is claimed capital by\u00a0both Israel and the State of\u00a0Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The situation on\u00a0the Israeli-Gaza border has significantly worsened over\u00a0the past\u00a0several months. The Israeli side has been using lethal arms to\u00a0suppress the rallies citing security concerns and putting the blame for\u00a0the escalation on\u00a0the Hamas radical movement, governing the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday inflicted a warning air strike on a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which were preparing to send a batch of explosive balloons over the border into Israel, a IDF spokesperson said. &#8220;Moments ago, the IDF identified a group of\u00a0Palestinians preparing balloons with\u00a0explosive devices attached to\u00a0them to\u00a0be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-lectures","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13984,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982\/revisions\/13984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}