Following the two terrorist shooting attacks of yesterday - one woman was lightly wounded, and a man was seriously hurt, but he is now out of danger - the army closed off the east-west road from Shilo-Ofrah to Tel Aviv to Palestinian traffic. In addition, an army outpost was erected in the area of the shootings, as the Jewish residents have long demanded; it will not, however, be manned 24 hours a day.
Palestinian terrorists continued their unrelenting warfare in Gaza today with fire upon the Yasmin outpost near the Gush Katif town of Ganei Tal, after they shot throughout the night at the Kalanit outpost near Gadid. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman adds that IDF forces succeeded in shooting two terrorists who attacked Yasmin; the two were identified when they took up a position atop an abandoned house. There were exchanges of fire throughout the day in various areas of Gaza. An IDF soldier was lightly wounded this afternoon near Rafiach, when Palestinians threw explosives onto a passing IDF patrol. In northern Gaza, an IDF force discovered a roadside bomb on the border fence, and safely detonated it with tank shellfire.
The army removed the barriers cutting Gaza into two parts last night, by government order. The barriers were originally placed three nights ago after the Palestinian shelling of the town of Elei Sinai. The latest decision flies in the face of recent demands by Jewish residents of the northern Gaza Strip - from Elei Sinai, Dugit, and Nisanit - to become totally separated from the rest of Gaza.
The Einav road in the western Shomron was closed to traffic late this afternoon, as the army searched for terrorists who had shot earlier at an IDF force there.
Palestinian terrorists continued their unrelenting warfare in Gaza today with fire upon the Yasmin outpost near the Gush Katif town of Ganei Tal, after they shot throughout the night at the Kalanit outpost near Gadid. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman adds that IDF forces succeeded in shooting two terrorists who attacked Yasmin; the two were identified when they took up a position atop an abandoned house. There were exchanges of fire throughout the day in various areas of Gaza. An IDF soldier was lightly wounded this afternoon near Rafiach, when Palestinians threw explosives onto a passing IDF patrol. In northern Gaza, an IDF force discovered a roadside bomb on the border fence, and safely detonated it with tank shellfire.
The army removed the barriers cutting Gaza into two parts last night, by government order. The barriers were originally placed three nights ago after the Palestinian shelling of the town of Elei Sinai. The latest decision flies in the face of recent demands by Jewish residents of the northern Gaza Strip - from Elei Sinai, Dugit, and Nisanit - to become totally separated from the rest of Gaza.
The Einav road in the western Shomron was closed to traffic late this afternoon, as the army searched for terrorists who had shot earlier at an IDF force there.