Following a weekend of many attempted terrorist attacks in Gush Katif, alert soldiers helped prevent what could have been a particularly costly one yesterday. IDF forces at the Tufah crossing near N'vei Dekalim encountered an Arab arriving with an innocent-looking crate of cucumbers. Upon checking the shipment more carefully, the soldiers were surprised to discover five fragmentation grenades hidden among the vegetables. The grenades were later safely blown up, the terrorist was arrested, and "yet another miracle was registered in the annals of Gush Katif," according to Katif.net.



This afternoon, terrorists fired two Kassam rockets towards the area of the Kissufim Checkpoint. The missiles landed harmlessly in pre-1967 Israel, near Kibbutz Ein HaShloshah.