A car bomb blew up just outside Kfar Darom this morning, wounding four soldiers who were 30 meters away - one of them moderately-to-seriously.
The Palestinian terrorist car-bomb was headed away from Kfar Darom, and is assumed to have been trying to make its way to the Kisufim intersection - where several soldiers are stationed - or even out of the Gush Katif area altogether, towards larger Israeli population centers. The terrorists attempted to deflect attention in two ways: The jeep sported an Israeli flag, and other terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at Kfar Darom at the same time. Despite all, the soldiers in a jeep near the Kfar Darom junction noticed the car dashing suspiciously away from Kfar Darom, and called upon it to stop. When it did not, the soldiers opened fire, causing the car to explode and wounding the soldiers themselves - but preventing a much worse catastrophe.
It was later reported that the car bomb was packed with approximately 100 kilograms of explosives. By way of example, a 100-kilogram car bomb killed 14 people and wounded dozens when it blew up aside an Egged bus at Karkur Junction in Wadi Ara in October 2002.
Hamas took immediate responsibility for the attack, as part of its ongoing efforts to perpetrate a major attack. Its goal is apparently to make the planned IDF retreat from Gaza look to be a retreat under fire, as well as to show Israel that though its leaders are underground, it can still take action.
NRP faction leader MK Nissan Slomiansky said in response to the attack, "Mr. Prime Minister, the Jews don't quite understand your plan, but Hamas understands it very well: retreat and running away from Gush Katif. It is therefore answering the call and responding with murderous attacks."
The Palestinian terrorist car-bomb was headed away from Kfar Darom, and is assumed to have been trying to make its way to the Kisufim intersection - where several soldiers are stationed - or even out of the Gush Katif area altogether, towards larger Israeli population centers. The terrorists attempted to deflect attention in two ways: The jeep sported an Israeli flag, and other terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at Kfar Darom at the same time. Despite all, the soldiers in a jeep near the Kfar Darom junction noticed the car dashing suspiciously away from Kfar Darom, and called upon it to stop. When it did not, the soldiers opened fire, causing the car to explode and wounding the soldiers themselves - but preventing a much worse catastrophe.
It was later reported that the car bomb was packed with approximately 100 kilograms of explosives. By way of example, a 100-kilogram car bomb killed 14 people and wounded dozens when it blew up aside an Egged bus at Karkur Junction in Wadi Ara in October 2002.
Hamas took immediate responsibility for the attack, as part of its ongoing efforts to perpetrate a major attack. Its goal is apparently to make the planned IDF retreat from Gaza look to be a retreat under fire, as well as to show Israel that though its leaders are underground, it can still take action.
NRP faction leader MK Nissan Slomiansky said in response to the attack, "Mr. Prime Minister, the Jews don't quite understand your plan, but Hamas understands it very well: retreat and running away from Gush Katif. It is therefore answering the call and responding with murderous attacks."