GAZA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon in response to the arson balloon attacks from the coastal enclave, security sources said.
An Israeli reconnaissance drone fired at least one missile at a group of Palestinian activists who were trying to release dozens of arson balloons from northern Gaza into southern Israel, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
No injury or damage was reported in the airstrike, they added.
The Palestinians started to launch arson and explosives-laden balloons into Israel since the weekly anti-Israel protests and rallies, better known as the Great March of Return, were initiated in late March 2018.
The weekly protests stopped after Egypt, the United Nations and Qatar mediated a cease-fire understanding between Israel and Hamas which has been ruling Gaza since 2007.
Two weeks ago, Palestinian activists in Gaza resumed the balloon attack in protest of the Israeli blockade imposed on the enclave since 2007.
