IDF forces attacked Palestinian Authority terrorists in Gaza Monday morning to eliminate the source of rocket fire that marred the recent Passover holiday in Gaza Belt communities in southern Israel.
The soldiers fired artillery shells Monday morning at targets in the northern section of Gaza and were involved in one gunfight, which inflicted light wounds on one soldier.
Arab sources claimed that one artillery shell aimed at the source of rocket fire killed a woman and four of her children after a shell hit a house in northern Gaza. The IDF denied the charges and said the family was likely killed when explosives inside the home were detonated by accident.
Terrorists often use civilians as human shields or deploy them to pick up rocket launchers after attacks.
At least one terrorist was killed in heavy fighting near the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, less than a mile away from the rocket-battered city of Sderot.
On Sunday afternoon, Gaza terrorists launched a Kassam attack on Sderot. One slammed into the city's cemetery. The second exploded next to a home, igniting a fire and seriously damaging the house. Miraculously, no one was injured.