Israeli air strikes hit Gaza after border protests

Gaza City: Israel's military said it had launched air strikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday morning, following border clashes in which two Palestinians including a teenager were killed and many injured.

The Israeli bombardment came as rockets and mortars were lobbed into southern Israel from the blockaded Palestinian enclave. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Strip said that a 15-year-old Palestinian was shot dead in Friday's protests on the Gaza border and a 20-year-old died Saturday of gunshot wounds.

It said 220 Palestinians were injured. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers was injured by a grenade.

Israeli fighter jets struck two "Hamas terror tunnels" one in southern Gaza and one in the north as well as other infrastructure across the coastal territory, the military said in statements posted on Twitter.

It said targets included "complexes used to prepare arson terror attacks and a Hamas terror training facility".

According to witnesses in Gaza, there were no casualties from the air strikes, which damaged Hamas military infrastructure. The military said the strikes were conducted "in response to the terror acts instigated during the violent riots that took place along the security fence" on Friday.