Over 40 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Forces On Gaza Border - Red Crescent

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published November 19, 2018 | 10:38 PM

Over 40 Palestinians were injured on Monday in clashes with Israeli troops on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent told Sputnik.

GAZA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th November, 2018) Over 40 Palestinians were injured on Monday in clashes with Israeli troops on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent told Sputnik.

"At least 21 people received combat bullets injuries, 15 people were wounded by rubber bullets and five more suffered from suffocating gas," the spokesperson said.

Violence between Israel and the Hamas militant group, which runs Gaza, erupted last Monday after a Hamas commander was killed in a covert Israeli operation. An Israeli officer also died in the ensuing gunfight. The Israeli military said it had intercepted over 100 out of the 460 rockets fired from Gaza and attacked 160 militant targets in the enclave.

The violence significantly decreased after a new ceasefire agreement was reached under Egypt's mediation the following day.