The members of the Israeli-Arab Hamas gang that carried out the July 31 Hebrew University blast (nine killed), as well as other attacks, do not want their houses destroyed. They appealed the IDF's plans to do so by submitting a request this morning to the Home Front Command. Israel has heretofore not razed the homes of Israeli citizens engaged in terrorism, but the terrorists in question are of the intermediate "resident" status: they carry Israeli identity cards, but may not vote in national elections. In a first-time move, Interior Minister Eli Yeshai revoked the citizenship of one of the Israeli-Arabs...
Hizbullah fired anti-aircraft shells this afternoon towards Israel's northeastern Galilee. No one was hurt, but a fire broke out in the field in which the shell landed...
A Mekorot Water Company water installation was set ablaze at the Shoket Junction in the Negev over night - the second such attack in a week. Damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels' worth, and water was cut off to at least one village in the region. Anti-Israel violence has been a frequent phenomenon in the Negev in recent weeks and months, including rock-throwings against Israeli vehicles...
Hizbullah fired anti-aircraft shells this afternoon towards Israel's northeastern Galilee. No one was hurt, but a fire broke out in the field in which the shell landed...
A Mekorot Water Company water installation was set ablaze at the Shoket Junction in the Negev over night - the second such attack in a week. Damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels' worth, and water was cut off to at least one village in the region. Anti-Israel violence has been a frequent phenomenon in the Negev in recent weeks and months, including rock-throwings against Israeli vehicles...