The IDF killed some 100 terrorists along the border fence with Gaza since early 2010, a senior security source told Arutz Sheva's Haggai Huberman. In 2010, 62 terrorists met their Maker near the fence, and 37 more have been killed in 2011.
The terrorists were killed in the process of attempting a variety of terror acts, including infiltrating Israel in order to carry out terror attacks, placing explosive charges, and firing at IDF soldiers or civilians.
The past month, said the source, has been the quietest one in many years, but the lull is a fragile one. The last terror act was the firing of an antitank missile at a school bus near Nahal Oz, in which 16 year old Daniel Viflic was murdered and the bus's driver was injured.
The source said that Hamas sees that attack as a PR failure.
"In terms of public diplomacy, firing on a children's bus causes damage (to Hamas)," the source said. "A yellow bus is sacred the world over. The event caused Hamas serious damage in the matter of the reconciliation agreement (with Fatah) too."