Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time seeing that stop of remaining month's fighting

GAZA, June 16 (Reuters) - Israel established air strikes within the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first because the cease of eleven days of pass-border combating final month, in response to incendiary balloons released from the Palestinian territory.

The flare-up, a first take a look at for Israel's new government, followed a march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday by way of Jewish nationalists that had drawn threats of action with the aid of Hamas, the ruling militant group in Gaza.

The Israeli army said its aircraft attacked Hamas armed compounds in Gaza City and the southern metropolis of Khan Younis and become "geared up for all situations, inclusive of renewed preventing inside the face of endured terrorist acts emanating from Gaza".

The strikes, the military said, came in response to the launching of the balloons, which the Israeli fireplace brigade stated brought about 20 blazes in open fields in groups near the Gaza border.

A Hamas spokesman, confirming the Israeli attacks, stated Palestinians could maintain to pursue their "courageous resistance and shield their rights and sacred web sites" in Jerusalem.

Hours in advance, lots of flag-waving Israelis congregated around the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City before heading to Judaism’s holy Western Wall, drawing Palestinian anger and condemnation.

Israel, which occupied East Jerusalem in a 1967 battle and later annexed it in a circulate that has not received worldwide reputation, regards the whole metropolis as its capital. Palestinians need East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state that could include the West Bank and Gaza.

Prior to Tuesday's march, Israel beefed up its deployment of the Iron Dome anti-missile gadget in anticipation of viable rocket attacks from Gaza.

But as the marchers began to disperse after dusk in Jerusalem, there was no sign of rocket fire from the enclave.

The procession changed into originally scheduled for May 10 as part of "Jerusalem Day" festivities that commemorate Israel's seize of East Jerusalem.

At the remaining minute, that march changed into diverted faraway from the Damascus Gate and the Old City’s Muslim Quarter, but the flow turned into now not enough to dissuade Hamas from firing rockets in the direction of Jerusalem, assaults that prompt closing month’s spherical of fighting.