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by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies
Women holding Palestinian flags run away from tear gas fired by IDF troops on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, Feb. 8, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa.
IDF troops faced off against around 8,000 Palestinian rioters on the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Friday, as weekly Hamas-orchestrated unrest continued.
According to Palestinian health officials, two rioters died in the latest clashes.
The Israeli military said it had opened fire in response to explosives and rocks hurled at the border fence.
More than 220 Gazans have been killed in border violence since last March.
Last July, an IDF soldier was shot dead by a sniper on the frontier with the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
An Israeli military spokesperson said soldiers on Friday used riot dispersal equipment and opened fired “in accordance with standard operating procedures.”
The IDF tweeted about Friday’s events, “What prevented 8,000 violent rioters in Gaza from infiltrating into Israel? Some barbed wire & brave IDF soldiers. As rioters threw grenades + explosives into Israel today, our troops stood guard, ensuring innocent Israelis living minutes away stayed safe.”
What prevented 8,000 violent rioters in Gaza from infiltrating into Israel? Some barbed wire & brave IDF soldiers. As rioters threw grenades + explosives into Israel today, our troops stood guard, ensuring innocent Israelis living minutes away stayed safe. RT to show your support pic.twitter.com/njcNRBTN3b
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 8, 2019
