The IDF carried out two air strikes Wednesday night in Gaza city, killing two Hamas terrorists and wounding four, following a deadly Hamas rocket attack on an Ashkelon mall.
The air strikes took place in the Sajeya neighborhood of Gaza City, killing terrorists Mohammad Harara and Ahmed Al Malahi, according to Hamas.
Earlier Wednesday, four others were killed and fourteen wounded in clashes with IDF troops in the Jabalya region in northern Gaza and at Khan Younis, in southern Gaza – adjacent to the former Jewish town of N’vei Dekalim.
“Nakba” Clashes in Judea and Samaria
Hundreds of PA Arabs clashed with IDF soldiers at the Kalandia Checkpoint in northern Jerusalem Wednesday under banners claiming obervance of the "Nakba" - meaning the catastrophe - a term PA education curricula applies apply to Israel's establishment. The Arabs pelted soldiers with large stones, to which security forces eventually responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
Similar clashes took place at IDF security checkpoints near Shechem and the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Shuafat and Abu Dis.
Terrorists Arrested in Judea and Samaria
IDF soldiers Wednesday night arrested 19 wanted terrorists, contradicting reports that counterterrorist operations would be paused while American President George W. Bush is in the country. The arrests took place in the area of Shechem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hevron.
The reports quoted IDF officers claiming that orders had been given not to conduct any activities against terrorists except for defensive purposes.
Elsewhere in Judea and Samaria, Arab rock-throwing terrorists targeted a Jewish motorist north of Ariel, in Samaria. No one was injured in the attack, but the vehicle sustained much damage.