Gaza terrorists resumed mortar shelling and gunfire on Army soldiers patrolling near the separation barrier around the Gaza region. No one was wounded and not damage was reported. Terrorists killed one soldier last week in an ambush on troops whose mission is to distant terrorists from the barrier.
Senior IDF officers and political leaders have said that Israel is getting closer to conducting a full-scale counter-terrorist operation in Gaza in light of continuing rocket attacks. However, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has indicated that a large-scale operation would jeopardize the planned Annapolis, Maryland conference on the Middle East.