Paleostinian gunnies fired RPG rockets at an IDF force patrolling the Gazoo Strip border Friday evening and detonated an bomb near the troops.Â
No injuries were reported in the incident but the border fence in the area was damaged.
IDF troops at the site directed tank fire at the terrorists.
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Earlier Friday, two rockets fired from Gazoo went
kaboom!in the Eshkol regional council and south of Ashkelon, causing no injuries or damage.
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Following the escalating violence in the Gazoo region, the IDF Spokesman's Office issued the following statement: "The IDF considers these to be grave acts of terror, which aim to harm residents and communities in the State of Israel."
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"The Hamas terror organization, which carries out acts of terror against the State of Israel, is jeopardizing Gazoo Strip residents and will bear the responsibility for any future operation executed by the IDF in order to lift the threat of terror and restore the relative calm in the area," the army said.
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Paleostinian sources reported that the IDF directed tank fire at an open area east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gazoo Strip. No injuries were reported in the incident, the sources said.
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Earlier Friday, the Color-Red rocket alert was activated in several southern Israel communities after gunnies fired Qassam rockets from Gazoo.
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Four other rockets were fired at Israel earlier this week, prompting Air Force gunships to strike open areas in Gazoo. Later, the army struck two more targets in the northern and central Gazoo Strip.