 The ministry says Israeli aircraft has struck Hamas site in Gaza in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and 141 Palestinians, including two, critically. The injuries came during the Gaza protest, organized by the enclaves, Islamic rulers, Hamas, and other factions in support of Jerusalem, where Palestinian clashes with Israeli police helped spark an 11-day Israeli Hamas conflict in May. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered near the strip's heavily-forced-fight border, where some tried to scale the border fence and office through explosives towards Israeli troops, the Israeli military said. Cross-border fire from Gaza seriously wounded an Israeli border police soldier who was ill is in the hospital receiving medical treatment, the military said. There was no claim of responsibility for the Gaza gunfire.