After the IDF withdrew its forces yesterday from the PLO-controlled towns of Beit Hanoun, Di el-Balah and Beit Lahiya in Gaza, Arabs fired several mortar shells at Jewish communities in the area. No injuries were reported. In response, the army re-entered Dir el-Balah to hunt down those responsible for the attack and to locate mortar launchers. Further south, an IDF force last night detected a terrorist cell apparently on its way to an attack in Morag; the soldiers opened fire and killed one terrorist, and three others fled.
In other attacks since last night: A would-be Arab murderer was apprehended this morning after attempting to stab a soldier stationed near Kedumim, in the Shomron... Further south, a resident of Eli on midnight guard duty was shot at. Three shots from the direction of Luban a-Sharkiya were directed at the watchman in the N’vei Shir neighborhood; he was not hurt and returned fire… Shots were also fired at the Shomron town of Chomesh, east of Netanya… Arabs opened fire against IDF posts near Ganei Tal and near Rafiach, and at the Gush Katif communities of Atzmona and N’vei Dekalim, in Israel’s southern coastal region…
In other attacks since last night: A would-be Arab murderer was apprehended this morning after attempting to stab a soldier stationed near Kedumim, in the Shomron... Further south, a resident of Eli on midnight guard duty was shot at. Three shots from the direction of Luban a-Sharkiya were directed at the watchman in the N’vei Shir neighborhood; he was not hurt and returned fire… Shots were also fired at the Shomron town of Chomesh, east of Netanya… Arabs opened fire against IDF posts near Ganei Tal and near Rafiach, and at the Gush Katif communities of Atzmona and N’vei Dekalim, in Israel’s southern coastal region…