He remains hospitalized today in moderate condition at Hadera's Hillel Yafeh Hospital, with injuries to his leg and back. Today, the army destroyed the home that was used as a springboard for the attack.
Jewish communities in the area of Gaza also came under a series of attacks overnight and this morning, with two homes struck during Palestinian Authority shelling of the area. An early morning mortar attack on Gadid, in Gush Katif, damaged a home there, while a Kassam rocket slammed into a home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, north of Gaza. Another mortar shell, causing no damage, fell in Netzarim last night, and Arab snipers directed gunfire at the southern Gush Katif community of N'vei Dekalim. There were no injuries in any of the attacks.
The eleventh victim of the January 29th suicide bombing on board a Jerusalem bus, Mandbara Valdi Tzadik, 35, from Ethiopia, was laid to rest this morning in the Har Menuhot Cemetery in Jerusalem. Over 50 persons were wounded in the bombing, which occurred on Gaza Street in the capital.
In counterterrorism operations during the night, IDF troops arrested six PA residents suspected of hostile activities. Arrests were made in the Ramallah and Hevron districts. Included among the suspects taken into custody were members of PLO leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah.
And internal Arab terror continues unabated. PA security chief for Gaza, General Razi Jabali, was unharmed in an assassination attempt today. From limited PA reports, it appears an Arab gunman opened fire in a security facility, wounding over 10 officers. Another Gaza terrorist, Nasser Abu-Shoka, 36, described as a senior Hamas figure, was killed in a blast in the Bureij area of PA-controlled Gaza last night. IDF officials theorize he was killed while preparing an explosive device, adding that the IDF was not involved in the incident in any way.
Jewish communities in the area of Gaza also came under a series of attacks overnight and this morning, with two homes struck during Palestinian Authority shelling of the area. An early morning mortar attack on Gadid, in Gush Katif, damaged a home there, while a Kassam rocket slammed into a home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, north of Gaza. Another mortar shell, causing no damage, fell in Netzarim last night, and Arab snipers directed gunfire at the southern Gush Katif community of N'vei Dekalim. There were no injuries in any of the attacks.
The eleventh victim of the January 29th suicide bombing on board a Jerusalem bus, Mandbara Valdi Tzadik, 35, from Ethiopia, was laid to rest this morning in the Har Menuhot Cemetery in Jerusalem. Over 50 persons were wounded in the bombing, which occurred on Gaza Street in the capital.
In counterterrorism operations during the night, IDF troops arrested six PA residents suspected of hostile activities. Arrests were made in the Ramallah and Hevron districts. Included among the suspects taken into custody were members of PLO leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah.
And internal Arab terror continues unabated. PA security chief for Gaza, General Razi Jabali, was unharmed in an assassination attempt today. From limited PA reports, it appears an Arab gunman opened fire in a security facility, wounding over 10 officers. Another Gaza terrorist, Nasser Abu-Shoka, 36, described as a senior Hamas figure, was killed in a blast in the Bureij area of PA-controlled Gaza last night. IDF officials theorize he was killed while preparing an explosive device, adding that the IDF was not involved in the incident in any way.