Thursday, March 06, 2008

Terrorists Plant Mine,Soldier Killed; IAF Kills Rocket Terrorist

Hillel Fendel

An IDF sapper was killed Thursday morning while on a routine patrol in the Kisufim area along the Gaza border fence. Islamic Jihad terrorists took credit for having planted a 50-kilogram explosive bomb along the forces' route. One soldier was seriously wounded, and two others were lightly hurt. Arabs in Gaza distributed candies in the streets and celebrated the killing of the Israeli soldier. Islamic Jihad took credit for the murderous attack.

Kassams Too: Direct Hit in Sderot
Islamic Jihad has also fired some 14 Kassam rockets at Israel's western Negev over the past two days, including one early Thursday afternoon that slammed directly into a house in Sderot. Four residents were treated for shock, but miraculously, no one was physically hurt. No damage was caused by the other rockets.

IDF forces continue their day-to-day counterterror fighting in Gaza, both in the air and on land, facing strong resistance from the terrorist forces. The army's goal is to keep the terrorists at least three kilometers away from the border fence.

Shortly after the soldier was killed, an Islamic Jihad terrorist, carrying a rocket-launcher, was killed in an Israel Air Force raid in northern Gaza.

The potato farmers of nearby Kibbutz Kisufim heard the explosion, and originally thought they were under attack. Just six weeks ago, Carlos Chavez, a 20-year-old volunteer from Ecuador, was murdered in the same place by a Gaza terrorist sniper as he was working the fields of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.

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