Zionist regime’s warplanes attack Gaza ports, destroy boat

Zionist regime’s fighter jets have carried out fresh airstrikes against various targets in the Gaza Strip, including seaports, hours after the regime’s tanks shelled the southern parts of the blockaded enclave.

According to Press TV, Gaza residents said a vessel, which was due to sail to meet a flotilla of boats hoping to reach the coastal enclave, caught fire after being hit by an Israeli air raid early on Wednesday

Meanwhile, the Israeli military said its warplanes had hit underground infrastructure used by the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in northern Gaza and two targets belonging to its naval forces.

It also noted that the strikes came in response to an alleged arson attack on an empty Israeli military outpost by a group of Palestinians who had entered the Occupied Territories from Gaza on Tuesday morning.

Later in the day, an Israeli army tank fired on a Hamas observation post in the southern Gaza Strip.

Tensions have been running high along the Gaza fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests, dubbed “The Great March of Return,” demanding the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.

The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied al-Quds.

At least 65 Palestinians were martyred and more than 2,700 others wounded as the Israeli forces used snipers, airstrikes, tank fire and tear gas to target the Gaza demonstrators on May 14.

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) convened on Friday, denouncing “the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force” by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.

ME