Hundreds of Hamas supporters have gathered in the Gaza Strip to protest against what they call Israeli threats against them and to express their anger at the killing of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem on Wednesday.<br /><br />As the demonstraters marched rockets fired from the region into Israel intensified. <br /><br />Israel responded with airstrikes.<br /><br />“This protest is a condemnation of the Israeli crimes against our people in the West Bank and Jerusalem – in particular the kidnapping and burning of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Hamas will never allow these crimes break the will of the Palestinian people,” said Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri. <br /><br />Tensions have been running high following the discovery of the body of 16 year old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. <br /><br />Palestinians claim he was murdered in revenge for the deaths of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers.<br /><br />Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Jewish settlers of the murder. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged police to investigate who was behind the murder.<br /><br />Clashes broke out in Jerusalem following the discovery of the boy’s body.<br /><br />Rockets fired from Gaza have caused damage in the southern Israeli border town of Sderot. <br /><br />The Israeli army said the electricity supply had been affected in the area.<br /><br />Around ten people were injured.
