Israeli regime has launched new airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues unabated.
Israeli drones on Monday carried out airstrikes on the central and southern parts of Gaza, leaving at least two Palestinians wounded.
On March 11, three Palestinians lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike on southern city of Khan Yunis. This came after one Palestinian was killed and three others were injured in another Israeli airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip on March 3.
Monday strikes come amid rising tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians. On Sunday, Israeli troops attacked Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
Witnesses said the Israeli forces used tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the worshippers in the compound. Sixteen people were reportedly arrested.
The Israeli forces often target Palestinians along the border with the Gaza Strip, which remains literally cut off from the outside world by a crippling Israeli blockade.
The siege has turned the densely-populated coastal sliver, home to some 1.7 million Palestinians, into the largest open-air prison in the world.
According to the Palestinian rights groups, over a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the first half of 2013 and nearly 1,800 Palestinians, including women and children, were seized during the same period.
Gaza has been under the crippling blockade imposed by the Tel Aviv regime since 2007.
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