(MENAFN) Early Wednesday, Israeli occupation military launched airstrikes on two boats off the besieged Gaza Strip.
In a statement, chairman of the National Committee to Break the Siege, Aladdin al-Batta, said the two boats hit by the Israeli army were preparing to meet a flotilla that was supposed to be in Gaza next month.
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.
Tensions have escalated along the Gaza fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests, dubbed "The Great March of Return," where at least 65 Palestinians were killed 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.
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