Gaza – Ma’an – The military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, and a contingent of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility on Tuesday for firing mortar shells towards Kfar Azza Kibbutz east of the Gaza Strip.

The two paramilitary groups released a joint statement explaining that the shelling commemorated the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and was intended to affirm that “Palestinian resistance refuses all conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause.”

An Israeli military spokesperson stated that they are "not familiar with any such mortar shellings."