Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90
Rock-throwing Gazans participate in violence near the Israel-Gaza border

An Israeli military officer was wounded Friday while thousands of Gazans hurled burning tires, rocks, live grenades and other explosives at IDF soldiers defending Israel’s southern border.

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The attackers also launched incendiary balloons over the border into Israeli territory, to set fire to agricultural fields and forest land.

At least 11,000 Hamas-led Arabs took part in attacks on IDF soldiers and attempts to damage the security fence along the Gaza border.

The injured officer, a member of Israel’s Border Guard Police, sustained a shrapnel wound in the leg. He was evacuated to Barzilai Medical Center in nearby Ashkelon.

Gaza Arabs have been rioting weekly – and sometimes daily – at the border since March 30, 2018.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.