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| Israeli Forces Attack Islamic Jihad Weapons Warehouse in Gaza |
| 2006-07-24 |
| The Israel Air Force and IDF Southern Command carried out a joint attack on an Islamic Jihad weapons factory and warehouse in the Zeitous neighborhood in Gaza on Monday. Secondary explosions were seen at the site following the IDF attack, confirming the existence of explosives in the warehouse. Five terrorists were eliminated and 9 injured during an IDF strike in Beit Lahiya, where at least 7 Kassam rockets were fired at southern Israel earlier in the day. PA Arabs in northern Gaza said that dozens of families were leaving their homes in the Awdah neighborhood near Beit Lahiya in anticipation of IDF attacks in the area. Two rockets were fired from Beit Lahiya at Ashkelon, with one landing close to a strategic facility in the fifth-largest city. The second landed in an open area. No injuries or damage was reported. Two Kassams landed in the city of Sderot, which has absorbed hundreds of rockets in the past year alone. One rocket fell near the entrance to the city. The other landed in the Rabin neighborhood. There, too, no one was hurt and no damage was reported. Later in the day, another rocket fell in the area of Kibbutz Zikkim. No injuries or damage reported. |
| Posted by:Steve |