In addition to the above-mentioned warfare, the Jewish communities in Gaza and IDF positions there were subjected to a hailstorm of attacks over the weekend, although no one was hurt. The battles began on Friday afternoon, when Arabs attacked military positions near Kfar Darom and Netzarim with grenades and automatic gunfire; IDF Air Force helicopters returned fire… The towns of Gadid and N’vei Dekalim were also shot at several times over the Sabbath… Arabs fired upon two military vehicles yesterday in northern Gaza along the Karni-Netzarim road… An army position near the Jewish community of Rafiach Yam in southern Israel was the target late last night of a mortar attack, as was Erez in northern Gaza… Terrorists were thwarted in an attempt to infiltrate the town of Gan-Or... Arabs fired at Border Guard police near Tul Karem in western Shomron last night…
A Palestinian-placed bomb was discovered near the Sebastia site this morning in the Shomron; IDF sappers safely detonated it... Terrorists fired at a Jewish car on the ascent to Brachah; no one was hurt… Arabs fired for two hours this afternoon at Gilo, in southern Jerusalem. One apartment was damaged, as was an IDF position on the neighborhood slopes. Terrorists in the area also fired at troops stationed along the Tunnels Highway; no one was hurt… A bomb was found and safely detonated in the Pisgat Ze\'ev neighborhood of Jerusalem.
In Yesha over the weekend, undercover Israeli units apprehended four wanted terrorists - one, a Hamas fugitive in a village near Ariel, and three others at various checkpoints south of Jerusalem and in the Jordan Valley. The four were turned over to the GSS for questioning.
Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported today that a new terrorist strategy is to try and infiltrate Jewish communities, and that several such attempts have been thwarted over the past several days. Three terrorists were scared off while attempting to enter Nisanit, in northern Gaza, this morning. In addition, Gan-Or, in Gush Katif, was targeted last night: soldiers saw them, scared them off with shots, and this morning found fence-cutting equipment, rifle magazines, a cell phone, and other equipment at the site.
A Palestinian-placed bomb was discovered near the Sebastia site this morning in the Shomron; IDF sappers safely detonated it... Terrorists fired at a Jewish car on the ascent to Brachah; no one was hurt… Arabs fired for two hours this afternoon at Gilo, in southern Jerusalem. One apartment was damaged, as was an IDF position on the neighborhood slopes. Terrorists in the area also fired at troops stationed along the Tunnels Highway; no one was hurt… A bomb was found and safely detonated in the Pisgat Ze\'ev neighborhood of Jerusalem.
In Yesha over the weekend, undercover Israeli units apprehended four wanted terrorists - one, a Hamas fugitive in a village near Ariel, and three others at various checkpoints south of Jerusalem and in the Jordan Valley. The four were turned over to the GSS for questioning.
Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported today that a new terrorist strategy is to try and infiltrate Jewish communities, and that several such attempts have been thwarted over the past several days. Three terrorists were scared off while attempting to enter Nisanit, in northern Gaza, this morning. In addition, Gan-Or, in Gush Katif, was targeted last night: soldiers saw them, scared them off with shots, and this morning found fence-cutting equipment, rifle magazines, a cell phone, and other equipment at the site.