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(29 May 2018) An Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza said on Tuesday that "as long as there is occupation, resistance is a legitimate right for the Palestinian people".
The comments from Khaled al-Batsh came on the same day Gaza militants fired more than 25 mortar shells toward communities in southern Israel, the Israeli military said, in what appeared to be the largest single barrage fired since the 2014 Israel-Hamas war.
No one was hurt and the military said most of the mortar shells were intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system, though one of the shells landed near a kindergarten shortly before it opened.
The high volume of projectiles came as tensions have been running high along the Israel-Gaza border and a fierce Israeli response was expected.
The Islamic Jihad, a Gaza militant group, was believed to be behind the attacks with a green light from Hamas, the militant Islamic group that runs the Gaza Strip.
In southern Israel, angry residents complained about how vulnerable they felt after 15 years of rocket fire threats from neighbouring Gaza, which will likely put pressure on the government to retaliate harshly.
The border area has been tense in recent weeks as the Palestinians have held mass protests aimed at lifting a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt after Hamas seized power in 2007.
Israeli fire has killed more than 110 Palestinians, most of them during the Hamas-led protests, which climaxed on May 14.

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