IDF on alert for Independence Day; Qassam rocket hits Negev - Haaretz

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IDF on alert for Independence Day; Qassam rocket hits Negev

By Amos Harel and Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service

Security forces were on high alert for the two days marking Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Independence Day, for fear of terror attacks.

As mourners gathered at military cemeteries across the nation, Palestinian gunners fired a Qassam rocket at a Negev community north of the Gaza Strip. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

A number of alerts for possible suicide bombings and shooting attacks were in effect on West Bank roads.

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Hamas called Sunday for new attacks on Israel after nine Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces troops in a 24-hour surge of violence over the weekend.

On Saturday, six Palestinians, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed by IDF and Border Police troops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. Israel Defense Forces troops killed three Palestinians in the West Bank on Sunday.

Two of them, aged 20 and 21, were killed during an exchange of fire in the city of Nablus. The third, a 17-year-old, was killed west of Ramallah after throwing a firebomb at an IDF vehicle.

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