Gaza City, April 21 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has launched new airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues unabated. Israeli drones on Monday carried out airstrikes on the central and southern parts of Gaza, leaving at least two Palestinians wounded.

On March 11th, three Palestinians lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike on southern city of Khan Yunis. This came after one Palestinian was killed and three others were injured in another Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on March 3rd.

Monday's strikes come amid rising tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians. On Sunday, Israeli troops attacked Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem. Witnesses said the Israeli forces used tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the worshippers in the compound. Sixteen people were reportedly arrested.

The Israeli forces often target Palestinians along the border with the Gaza Strip, which remains literally cut off from the outside world by a crippling Israeli blockade. The siege has turned the densely-populated coastal territory, home to some 1.7 million Palestinians, into the largest open-air prison in the world.