IDF strikes in Gaza

Air Force fires three missiles at Qassam rocket-launching cell; two Palestinians sustain moderate wounds. On Sunday, three Palestinians killed in two separate incidents in Gaza after vehicle, mortar shell explode
By Ali Waked

GAZA – The Air Force fired three missiles at a Qassam rocket-launching terror cell early Monday in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City.

Palestinian sources reported the cell members escaped unharmed, but two passersby sustained moderate wounds.

Air Strike

Caught in the act / By Hanan Greenberg

IDF releases video (see it here!) of missile hitting Hamas terrorists who fired mortar shells at Israeli settlements Wednesday; Meanwhile, mortar barrage in Gaza Strip continues, Karni crossing, army base targeted

Full Story

Security officials said in recent days the IDF would not hesitate to strike in the Gaza Strip every time the Palestinian Authority failed to take action against terrorists. Defense sources said Palestinian police officers have failed to take adequate action in recent days.

“Even these days, when there is a certain calm, Israel reserves the right to protect its citizens and would do it in the future, as necessary,” one official said.

2 killed after vehicle explodes

On Sunday, three Palestinian terrorists were killed in two separate incidents in Gaza.

In the town of Khan Younis, Hamas member Takhsin Kalah, 27, died after a mortar shell he was preparing exploded. The man sustained critical injuries and died in the hospital several minutes later.

Shortly after the incident, two Palestinian men were killed and three others sustained serious injuries after a vehicle exploded in a Gaza neighborhood. The men were reportedly Hamas members, although other sources said they belonged to Fatah.

Palestinian officials first suspected the incident was an Israeli assassination, but security sources later said the explosion was “internal” - likely a terrorist “work accident.”

On another front, PA sources said another meeting is expected to take place this week between Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yusuf and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.

The handover of West Bank cities to Palestinian security control is expected to be raised in the meeting, among other issues.

In a previous meeting between the two figures, Mofaz expressed the government's disappointment over security plans presented by the Palestinians and demanded the PA confiscate weapons of terror suspects in cities previously transferred to Palestinian control.