Palestinian Arab terrorists hurled a hand grenade at an IDF post near Kfar Darom this morning, injuring two soldiers, one lightly and one moderately. In response to the attack, the army quickly razed a PA paramilitary post in the area, adjacent to the Gush Katif junction. In an effort to explain Israel\'s present style of retaliation, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer told an Arabic-language television station today that the Oslo Accords permit the army to take military action within PA-controlled Area A. IMRA\'s Dr. Aaron Lerner confirms Ben Eliezer\'s assertion. According to Lerner, the Oslo II agreement (1995) permits Israel the right of hot pursuit as well as recognizing its right to carry out pre-emptive action within Area A. Article XI Sub Paragraph 3a of Annex I of that agreement, for instance, extends the license of \"hot pursuit\" to \"preemptive strikes, allowing action not only to terminate an \'act or incident constituting a danger to life or property\' put also to \'prevent\' it from happening in the first place.\"
The Gaza residents committee released a statement this morning saying that if the army had heeded its earlier warning to close to Arab traffic the Gaza-Khan Yunis road, today\'s attack would have been averted.
Just afternoon today, Arab terrorist forces began shooting at IDF soldiers stationed in the northern Shomron near the Jewish community of Chomesh. Despite the intense gun battle currently taking place there now, no IDF soldiers have been injured.
The Gaza residents committee released a statement this morning saying that if the army had heeded its earlier warning to close to Arab traffic the Gaza-Khan Yunis road, today\'s attack would have been averted.
Just afternoon today, Arab terrorist forces began shooting at IDF soldiers stationed in the northern Shomron near the Jewish community of Chomesh. Despite the intense gun battle currently taking place there now, no IDF soldiers have been injured.