The Lion of Judah is getting ready to Pounce!
September 27, 2007
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Sooner or Later Ehud Barak, acting as a crouching Lion of Judah, will launch some sort of operation in the Gaza Strip which will be effective in limiting the Kassam rocket attacks coming out of the Strip. Article 1, from Arutz Sheva, gives the latest trouble being generated in and out of the Strip, and Article 2, from the Jerusalem Post, is a warning from Barak to the terrorists that a drastic retaliatory operation is coming if their attacks do not diminish.
Begin Article 1 – Arutz Sheva
Rain of Mortar Shells, Rockets on Negev
14 Tishrei 5768, 26 September 07 05:13
by Ezra HaLevi and Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) Gaza-based terrorists fired four Kassam rockets and some 25 mortar shells at Israeli towns in the western Negev Wednesday morning.
Though ten shells fells short and landed within Hamas-controlled Gaza, others landed near the Kissufim and Erez crossings, and 11 of them fell in the Ein HaShlosha area. Kassam rockets landed near Or HaNer and Mefalsim, in the Sderot area, and near the border fence. No injuries were reported.
One of the shells landed in the water supply of one of the towns – left unnamed for security reasons – and caused damage. Kibbutz Kerem Shalom reports that hundreds of mortar shells have landed in and around the kibbutz in recent weeks.
7 Megawatt Hours Per Rocket
A military committee set up by Defense Minister Ehud Barak recommends, among other things, that Israel reduce the electricity it supplies to Gaza by seven megawatt-hours following every Kassam rocket attack. The recommendation follows the Cabinet decision of last week defining Hamas-run Gaza as a “hostile entity.”
Other committee-recommended means of retaliation for rocket attacks include stopping the supply of mazut (a type of diesel fuel used to produce electricity), and – in the event of
a rocket attack on a border crossing – closing the crossing for 48 hours.
Air Strike Response
IAF aircraft attacked a group of north Gazan terrorists Wednesday morning as they prepared to launch a rocket in the area
of Beit Hanoun. Two terrorists were reported wounded in the attack.
Christians Under Attack in Gaza
The 2,500 remaining Christians in Gaza have been under attack of late. An 80-year-old Christian woman was recently robbed by a man demanding, “Where is the money, heretic?” Her family members said the “robber would never have dared to attack a Moslem woman that way.” The attack followed a brutal break-in of a Christian church and school several weeks ago.
Stocking-clad men hurling grenades blew open the entrances and stole computers and religious items. They also smashed many crucifixes in the buildings.
Counter-Terror Arrests
Seven wanted terrorists were arrested throughout Judea and Samaria overnight Wednesday. Four of the arrested were made in the Arab village of Atra, north of Ramallah, one in Ramallah itself and another in a small village west of the city. The seventh terrorist, apprehended in Shechem, was
involved in the lynching of two IDF reservists in 2000.
Terrorists targeted in soldiers in Jenin with a bomb, and in Shechem’ s Ein Beit Ilma
slums, where the IDF has been operating for over a week, terrorists opened fire on troops. No injuries were reported in either incident.
On Tuesday, an Arab terrorist attempted to enter the Machpelah Cave (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hevron. The man was armed with a large knife and was apprehended by Border Police.
Closure for Holiday
In light of the many terrorist-attack intelligence warnings, IDF officials have announced a closure on Judea and Samaria during the week-long Sukkot holiday, which begins Wednesday night. Arab residents of the area who do not hold Israeli citizenship will not be allowed to enter Israeli towns for the next week.
Spokesmen explained that the closure was meant to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks in major Israeli cities.
Judea and Samaria are often under closure during holidays, when terrorist groups increase their efforts to murder civilians.
As in last week’s closure over Yom Kippur, however, there is a long list of exceptions, including several professions as well as all those employed by the United Nations and non-governmental aid organizations.
Begin Article 2 – Jerusalem Post
Four terror operatives killed in jeep explosion in Gaza City
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
September 26, 2007
An explosion went off Wednesday afternoon in a jeep carrying four Gaza terrorists, killing all of them, Hamas said.
The identity of the victims was not immediately known. Hamas initially claimed the dead as members, but later said they might belong to another armed faction.
The jeep was driving in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City at the time of the blast. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Hamas said Israel had targeted the jeep in an air strike. IDF officials said they had no immediate information about Wednesday’s blast.
Earlier Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel was moving closer to carrying out a large-scale military operation in Gaza in order to put a stop to cross-border rocket and mortar barrages into Israel.
It was his first public hint of plans to combat the fire coming from the Hamas-ruled coastal strip, which Israel last week declared “hostile territory” as a prelude to possible punitive cuts of utilities.
Barak told Army Radio that a large-scale military operation would not be a simple undertaking.
“We are moving closer to a broad and complex operation in Gaza,” Barak said.
“It (such an operation) hasn’t happened in recent weeks for many reasons …. We’re getting closer to this and it should be realized that such an operation is not simple, not from the point of view of the forces taking part, not from the aspect of the length of time we’ll have to spend there and not from the aspect of the operational challenges the forces will meet.”
Meanwhile, IDF tanks and bulldozers, escorted by attack helicopters, moved into the northern Gaza Strip, staking out open ground from where Palestinians had earlier fired rockets into neighboring Israel, witnesses said.
The military had no immediate comment.
Residents of the town of Beit Hanun said about 20 armored vehicles were involved in the operation. The Islamic Jihad said it fired 10 rockets at Israel Wednesday.
Israel confirmed that nine rockets were fired into the western Negev throughout the day – most of which landed in open areas in Sderot. The army said no casualties were reported from the rocket fire.
The IAF fired at Palestinians responsible for launching Kassam rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning.
The army said that no one was wounded in the strikes but that two rocket launchers were destroyed.
The army said Palestinians also lobbed at least 20 mortar shells into Israel from the southern part of the strip, but no casualties were reported. The Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier, the IDF announced an open-ended closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip Wednesday, ahead of the weeklong holiday of Succot, which begins at sunset.
Jpost.com staff contributed to this report.
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