since friday evening israel's military has hit more than forty targets across gaza the total two musudan consultations with the defense minister the military chief of staff and top security forces we decided on a powerful action against hamas terrorism the israeli army delivered its most painful strike against a mass since the twenty fourteen war it also released a video of what it says was the destruction of a tunnel near the border with egypt. israel has been frustrated for weeks now by century burning balloons and burning kites that drift over the border during friday protests and set fire to israeli crops prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been under enormous domestic pressure particularly from border communities to do something to stop them and israel has threatened hamas and said to hamas if you do not stop these kites we will get back in this seems to be that retaliation but. dozens of rockets have been fired by armed groups from gaza towards israel a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system and usually hamas has claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets