The IDF once again divided the Gaza Strip into three parts today, following today's Kassam and mortar shell attacks against Sderot and Gush Katif. Checkpoints were set up outside Netzarim and Gush Katif, to prevent transport of terrorists and weapons. The IDF placed similar checkpoints last Thursday, after a series of rocket attacks, and removed them the next day. The measure has been used many times in the past several years.
Five people were treated for shock in Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital following this morning's Kassam rocket attacks into Sderot. One rocket landed on a shed of the Timsit family, whose son Eliyahu was killed in a terrorist bombing near Megiddo in June 2002. Eliyahu's sister Dina told reporters that she has been unable to sleep at night for fear of the Kassam rockets. PLO terrorists also fired four mortar shells at the community of Morag this morning; no one was hurt.
Five people were treated for shock in Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital following this morning's Kassam rocket attacks into Sderot. One rocket landed on a shed of the Timsit family, whose son Eliyahu was killed in a terrorist bombing near Megiddo in June 2002. Eliyahu's sister Dina told reporters that she has been unable to sleep at night for fear of the Kassam rockets. PLO terrorists also fired four mortar shells at the community of Morag this morning; no one was hurt.