Incident comes at the end of a tense weekend that included riots on Gaza border which left 3 Palestinians dead, and violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Temple Mount; IDF declines to comment on what it describes as ‘foreign reports.’
The three Palestinians who were killed over the weekend were identified as Moumin al-Hams, 17, Majdi al-Satari, 11, whose age was previously announced as 14, and Ghazi Abu Mustafa, 43.
The same evening, gunshots were fired from the strip at Israeli security forces, prompting the IDF to send jets to attack observation posts in north of the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
The IDF said some 7,000 Palestinians took part in clashes, hurling stones at Israeli forces and burning tires on several spots along the border.