Arab terrorists taking cover in the PLO autonomous areas today continued their program of firing mortar shells at Israeli civilian targets. Today, terrorists launched three rockets towards the Gaza Jewish community of Katif. One rocket landed near the community industrial park and another adjacent to several homes; nobody was injured. Last night, terrorists targeted the community of Nisanit in Gaza. Nobody was injured there, either. The IDF this morning retaliated by firing two surface-to-surface missiles at PA military targets in Gaza. One was aimed at the Arafat-directed \"naval base\" in northern Gaza, the other at PA intelligence headquarters in Dir-el-Balah. Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer were visiting IDF Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz at the IDF post near Kibbutz Nachal Oz, outside of Gaza, at the time of the IDF strike. Nachal Oz has itself been the target of PLO mortar attacks over the past couple of weeks. Speaking to reporters today, Sharon said that he is confident that Israel will be able to win what he said he expects to be \"a long, complex, and difficult campaign.\"



Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman said today\'s response was prepared in advance \"and drawn from the army\'s bank of targets... Two missiles hit the Sudaniyeh base northwest of the Jewish community of Dugit on the beach. This was a key PA training facility for Arab snipers and others learning various forms of combat.\" Despite the loss absorbed by the PLO as a result of today\'s IDF strikes, Huberman concluded, \"our actions to date seem to be just slightly stronger than those during the Barak era. They certainly cannot be counted on to secure a decisive win in this war.\"