Haaretz Correspondents
The Israel Defense Forces fired a missile at a target in the city
of Khan
Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, Palestinian
security
officials said.
Other reports claimed about 15 people were injured in the
missile strike, and that IDF tanks rolled into the refugee camp.
IDF
officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an operation "against the
terrorist infrastructure" was in progress in Khan
Yunis, but they did not
know of any missiles fired by attack helicopters.
Palestinian killed,
10 wounded by IDF in Nablus clashes
A Palestinian teen was killed and 10
other Palestinian youths were injured in clashes with IDF forces Tuesday in
Nablus. According to Palestinian sources, several IDF jeeps neared Nablus'
Clock Square and were met by several dozen stone-throwing youths. Soldiers
opened fire with live ammunition and rubber bullets, injuring 11, including
Salim Kosa, 18, who later died of his wounds.
Two Israelis were lightly
injured in a combined shooting and bombing attack Tuesday near the Barkan
industrial zone west of Ariel. At 6 A.M., assailants detonated a bomb and
opened fire on a reinforced Israeli bus driving along the Trans-Samaria Highway.
One bus passenger and the driver of a nearby car were hit by shrapnel and taken
to hospital.
A search of the premises revealed another unexploded device
that was safely defused by the bomb squad. The assailants escaped. The IDF
believes two terrorists planned to detonate the bombs simultaneously on both
sides of the road. After one bomb exploded, a terrorist opened fire with a
Kalashnikov rifle, emptying a clip toward three buses and four cars on the
road.
Each car was hit by a single bullet. The shooter left behind an
empty clip and three full ammunition clips.
The terrorists belonged to
the Hamas network in the town of Salfit, south of Ariel, and planned the attack
to avenge the IDF's killing of an armed Hamas member in Salfit on
Saturday.
The IDF and Shin Bet this week completed arrest of a Tanzim
cell in the neighboring village of Azarriyeh, whose members attempted a similar
attack several weeks ago, with no casualties.
There were also shooting
attacks Tuesday in Nablus and Rafah, with no Israeli casualties.
In
Nablus' Balata refugee camp, Palestinians exposed IDF paratroopers that had
taken over an apartment. The soldiers fired at armed Palestinians who arrived
on the scene, injuring two of them. Several other residents were injured,
mostly by rubber bullets. The paratroopers subsequently withdrew.