On Sunday, five people were wounded, two seriously, by a total of 21 mortar shell and six Kassam rocket attacks. The Jewish town of Netiv Ha'asara, within Israel’s pre-1967 border, was one of the targets of Sunday's bombardment. Residents in Netiv Ha'asara are still observing the 7-day Shiva mourning period following the murder of 22-year-old Dana Galkovitch, killed by a Kassam rocket attack Thursday night.
The IDF, although fully prepared for a large-scale offensive has acted with restraint, limiting its response to pinpointed attacks on those launching mortars and rockets. IDF snipers killed senior Hamas terrorist Sa’id Siyam in Khan Younis Sunday. Siyam was responsible for the death of at least four Israelis.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted at Sunday’s cabinet meeting that he had issued instructions to security forces to take "all measures, without restrictions" to halt terrorism, but IDF sources say they have yet to be issued the order to go into Gaza and destroy the terrorist infrastructure. "We have still not had a decision on when and with what kind of force we would enter the Gaza Strip, but we are deployed for all eventualities," Brig.-Gen. Guy Tzur said at a press conference.
A resident of N'vei Dekalim whose father was injured in a recent terrorist shelling told Arutz-7, "We feel that 'From Sharon, With Love' is written on every shell. The army is abandoning us to our fate, is not taking care of the Kassam rocket attacks so that we'll become fearful and run away from here."
The IDF, although fully prepared for a large-scale offensive has acted with restraint, limiting its response to pinpointed attacks on those launching mortars and rockets. IDF snipers killed senior Hamas terrorist Sa’id Siyam in Khan Younis Sunday. Siyam was responsible for the death of at least four Israelis.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted at Sunday’s cabinet meeting that he had issued instructions to security forces to take "all measures, without restrictions" to halt terrorism, but IDF sources say they have yet to be issued the order to go into Gaza and destroy the terrorist infrastructure. "We have still not had a decision on when and with what kind of force we would enter the Gaza Strip, but we are deployed for all eventualities," Brig.-Gen. Guy Tzur said at a press conference.
A resident of N'vei Dekalim whose father was injured in a recent terrorist shelling told Arutz-7, "We feel that 'From Sharon, With Love' is written on every shell. The army is abandoning us to our fate, is not taking care of the Kassam rocket attacks so that we'll become fearful and run away from here."