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by Benjamin Kerstein
Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip launch balloons loaded with flammable material toward Israel. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa.
A balloon laden with explosives was launched into southern Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday and detonated.
The Israeli news site Mako reported that the balloon touched down in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. Police sappers were dispatched to the scene and the device went off shortly after they arrived.
No one was injured in the explosion.
The IDF was reportedly examining the possibility that the incident might be an indication of an escalation of violence emanating from Gaza.
It came on the heels of a statement by Hamas that it would “burst all the dams” against Israel and intensify its activities in 2020.
Conditions on the border have been relatively calm recently, but on Wednesday four rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel.
Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system and two landed in open areas.
In response, the IDF struck several Hamas targets in Gaza.
