Last update - 02:03 25/12/2007
IDF air strike in Gaza kills 2 Islamic Jihad men
By Yuval Azoulay
Two Islamic Jihad members were killed in an Israel Defense Force air strike in central Gaza early yesterday morning, near Dir al-Balah. An IDF spokesman said that a group of armed Palestinians was targetted.
Several mortar shells were fired against Israel from the Gaza Strip yesterday.
Palestinian gunmen also opened fire in the afternoon against an IDF force doing construction work near the border fence. No Israeli casualties were reported.
In Qalqilyah, an Israeli was lightly injured when he was pelted with rocks. In the same area yesterday, Palestinians threw firebombs against an IDF patrol. There were no injuries.
At the Hawara roadblock near Nablus, a Palestinian was arrested after he was found carrying a hidden knife.
In a training accident yesterday, an IDF soldier suffered moderate to light injuries. The incident occured at the Tseelim training ground when the soldier fell from the back of a vehicle. He was air lifted to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva with injuries to his legs.