IDF forces arrested a prominent Islamic Jihad terrorist last night in the Shomron. He was planning a suicide attack in Israel for the next few days, after having been involved in the recent Hadera market attack in which six Jews were murdered. Another five terrorists were arrested along with him.
An IDF force uncovered, southwest of Jericho, four packages of submachine gun ammunition. Two fragmentation grenades and 1,000 bullets were found, and were safely detonated by IDF sappers.
PA police fired at an IDF undercover unit in Bethlehem, causing no injuries. The PA force claimed it mistook the Israelis for armed Arabs. The soldiers fired in the air, and another Israeli force arrived on the scene and helped them escape.
Islamic Jihad prisoners in an Israeli prison rioted Monday night, protesting the transfer of one of their number to another jail. Thirty soldiers and jailers were injured, and two Arabs were taken to a hospital.
On Monday, Kassam rockets fired from PA-controlled Gaza slammed into a field near a southern Israeli community. No injuries resulted and the IDF offered no response. Later in the day, another barrage of rocket fire resulted in one rocket damaging a home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Miraculously, no injuries resulted, as the parents were visiting neighbors and the children had just entered the home as the rocket struck the front yard. Members of the kibbutz were outraged that the government's Red Dawn early-warning system failed to go off prior to the rockets' impact.
The IDF responded with 40 rounds of artillery fire toward some of the northern Gaza launch sites. IDF officials admitted that there are orders not to "escalate" ahead of the PA elections in January. IDF top brass have told Knesset committees repeatedly in recent months that the planning of terror attacks and planting of bombs have continued and increased steadily since the Gaza withdrawal.
Monday afternoon an IDF officer was wounded during an Arab riot in Beit Lakia, west of Ramallah. The officer was hit in the face by a rock and evacuated from the scene and hospitalized.
Monday evening a bomb was thrown at IDF forces at the Beit Merkachat Junction in Hevron, near the Cave of the Patriarchs. No injuries were reported in the attack and IDF forces gave chase to the terrorist.
An Israeli motorist was targeted in a firebomb attack while traveling in Gush Etzion on Route 60 - north of Efrat, near el-Khader Junction. No injuries were reported.
Four firebombs were hurled at the Dor gas station on the main road connecting Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim. No injuries were reported.
An Arab baby was lightly injured in an apparently mistaken rock-throwing attack on a car on the Jerusalem-Hevron highway. The attack took place near the village of Beit Omar, where there has been a recent rise in attacks against Jewish-owned vehicles.
An IDF force uncovered, southwest of Jericho, four packages of submachine gun ammunition. Two fragmentation grenades and 1,000 bullets were found, and were safely detonated by IDF sappers.
PA police fired at an IDF undercover unit in Bethlehem, causing no injuries. The PA force claimed it mistook the Israelis for armed Arabs. The soldiers fired in the air, and another Israeli force arrived on the scene and helped them escape.
Islamic Jihad prisoners in an Israeli prison rioted Monday night, protesting the transfer of one of their number to another jail. Thirty soldiers and jailers were injured, and two Arabs were taken to a hospital.
On Monday, Kassam rockets fired from PA-controlled Gaza slammed into a field near a southern Israeli community. No injuries resulted and the IDF offered no response. Later in the day, another barrage of rocket fire resulted in one rocket damaging a home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Miraculously, no injuries resulted, as the parents were visiting neighbors and the children had just entered the home as the rocket struck the front yard. Members of the kibbutz were outraged that the government's Red Dawn early-warning system failed to go off prior to the rockets' impact.
The IDF responded with 40 rounds of artillery fire toward some of the northern Gaza launch sites. IDF officials admitted that there are orders not to "escalate" ahead of the PA elections in January. IDF top brass have told Knesset committees repeatedly in recent months that the planning of terror attacks and planting of bombs have continued and increased steadily since the Gaza withdrawal.
Monday afternoon an IDF officer was wounded during an Arab riot in Beit Lakia, west of Ramallah. The officer was hit in the face by a rock and evacuated from the scene and hospitalized.
Monday evening a bomb was thrown at IDF forces at the Beit Merkachat Junction in Hevron, near the Cave of the Patriarchs. No injuries were reported in the attack and IDF forces gave chase to the terrorist.
An Israeli motorist was targeted in a firebomb attack while traveling in Gush Etzion on Route 60 - north of Efrat, near el-Khader Junction. No injuries were reported.
Four firebombs were hurled at the Dor gas station on the main road connecting Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim. No injuries were reported.
An Arab baby was lightly injured in an apparently mistaken rock-throwing attack on a car on the Jerusalem-Hevron highway. The attack took place near the village of Beit Omar, where there has been a recent rise in attacks against Jewish-owned vehicles.