IDF Denies Reports it Attacked Northern Gaza

Haaretz
January 12, 2010

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1564/idf-denies-reports-it-attacked-northern-gaza

The Israel Defense Forces denied Palestinian reports Monday that it killed three militants in a missile attack on the northern Gaza Strip.

Also Monday, a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip struck the Western Negev, for the fifth consecutive day. There were no casualties or damages reported in the incident.

On Sunday, the Israel Air Force confirmed that its assault killed three Islamic Jihad men posed at a launching ground in the coastal territory. The IAF strike on Sunday came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a "powerful response" to recent rocket and mortar shell attacks from the coastal territory.

The strike targeted a cell as its members, which included a senior Jihad field commander, were launching rockets at Israel.

Four mortar shells were also fired at Israel from Gaza on Sunday, but they exploded on the Palestinian side of the border.

Addressing an increase of rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday advised Gaza's Hamas rulers to "watch their step, and not to cry crocodile tears if they force [Israel] to take action."

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