Thousands of Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted in Gaza, Judea and Samaria on Wednesday to mark what they refer to as the so-called “Nakba” or “catastrophe” on the secular date of the establishment in 1948 of the State of Israel.
At least 10,000 Arabs streamed to the security fence at several locations along the Gaza border with southern Israel, the IDF said, launching incendiary balloons into Israeli territory to set agricultural fields and forests ablaze.
RIGHT NOW: Palestinians in Gaza violently rioting along Israel's border fence launched incendiary devices into Israel setting this field ablaze.
These are terrorist-backed violent riots and they endanger the lives of innocent civilians.
“Peaceful protesters” don’t start fires. pic.twitter.com/VWZHATKBWT
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF)
The leaders of the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations called on Wednesday for the “liberation of all Palestine,” expressed confidence their followers were heading towards “victory and uprooting the Zionist enemy from our land.” They urged the takeover of Israeli towns and villages, and the murder of Israeli civilians – not a “peaceful protest,” as mainstream media was claiming abroad. Hamas officials Fathi Hammad and Khalil al-Haya said President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ “won’t pass, and we will work to thwart this failed scheme.” They urged Arabs in Israel and the Palestinian Authority not to make peace with Israel.
Likewise, Palestinian Authority leaders in Judea and Samaria also vowed to ignore the White House plan, pledging not to ever abandon the so-called “right of return” for Arabs who abandoned their homes during the 1948 and 1967 wars, and their descendants.
IDF Spokesperson LTC Jonathan Conricus explains in a series of five short videos the basics facts behind the Hamas-led violence that has lasted for a year-plus at the Gaza border.
WHERE exactly are these riots taking place? pic.twitter.com/tEnHvycnGc
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WHO is behind these violent riots and who is involved in them? pic.twitter.com/boJRavF1TB
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF)
WHY are these violent riots a threat to Israel? pic.twitter.com/Z0PpWjuq7X
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HOW does Israel respond to these threats? pic.twitter.com/W792C3S2dP
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WHAT happens as a result of these riots? pic.twitter.com/XfC0jPYSR2
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF)