An IDF Officer, as well as a female soldier, were injured on Friday during the weekly Hamas organized riots. The officer was moderately injured and the soldier was lightly injured by gunfire shot by the rioters. In response, the IDF attacked a Hamas outpost killing three Hamas operatives. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip promised a harsh response and since then have been firing rockets at Israel non-stop.

The IAF as well as Israeli tank divisions have retaliated on behalf of the IDF and destroyed numerous structures in the Gaza Strip. One terrorist was targeted and killed while trying to shoot soldiers along the border. Other terrorists also taking aim at soldiers were injured in the cross-fire.

An IDF Spokesperson said on Motzei Shabbos that one of the buildings targeted was an eight-story-building in the neighborhood of Riemel in the northern section of the Gaza Strip. The building contained offices of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. It was a logistical and organizational center of the organizations and instructions the emanated from this building have been responsible for numerous attacks against Israeli citizens.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)