JAKARTA, April 3 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian government has urged Israel to stop its air raids on the Gaza Strip in Palestine which were harming the civilian population, Antara news agency reported Saturday.
The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman, Tengku Faizasyah, said the air raids which started on Apr 2 following a series of rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel in reaction to the Israeli government's announcement that it would allow the development of 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, would hamper the peace efforts between Israel and Palestine.
"The use of military force by Israel in the Gaza Strip will have a great impact on the local people. Their actions in the Gaza Strip are a violation of international law," Faizasyah said here on Friday.
On Friday, Israeli warplanes carried out six overnight raids on the Gaza Strip causing material damage but no casualties, witnesses and Hamas officials said.
The raids came following a series of rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel.
Three air strikes targeted an area west of Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas, with two missiles hitting a guard post of Hamas` armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades.
A fourth raid destroyed a workshop in the refugee camp of Nusseirat, in central Gaza.
In the two final air raids, Israeli fighters targeted points in the west of Gaza City, completely destroying a small dairy factory in the Sabra district, said witnesses.
The attacks were carried out by F16 fighters, the witnesses said.
Israel`s armed forces have launched regular air raids on the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, responding to a series of rocket attacks into Israel from Gaza-based militants.
One such rocket attack killed a Thai laborer on an Israeli kibbutz, or collective farm, on March 18.
Ground forces have also clashed with Palestinian militants along the border with Israel.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian teenager was killed and several others were wounded as Israeli troops fired on protesters near the Gaza border.
The incident happened as Israeli Arabs and Palestinians marked "Land Day", the annual commemoration of Israel`s killing of six Arab citizens during a 1976 protest against land confiscations.
Source: Bernama.
Link: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsworld.php?id=487782.
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