It was another weekend of Arab violence along the Gaza border. On Friday 17 Teves 5774, residents of the northern Gaza community of Beit Hanoun threw rocks at IDF soldiers along the border.

On Shabbos morning soldiers detected terrorists placing a bomb along the border fence in the southern Gaza area. Soldiers fired at the terrorists, killing one and wounding four others. B’chasdei Hashem the bomb attack was prevented and there were no injuries to IDF soldiers.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)