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After two weeks of relative quiet, this past week two rockets launched from the Gaza Strip fell in Israeli territory. What was apparently a “work accident” occurred at the home of a high-ranking Popular Resistance Committees operative in Rafah, On January 4 a third meeting of Israeli and Palestinian representatives was held. They agreed to Read more...

This past week the western Negev was quiet. An attempted terrorist attack was prevented in Samaria at the Salem checkpoint. Ismail Haniya, said during a visit to Tunisia that Hamas would never lay down its arms or give up the territory of “Palestine”. Read more...

This past week the Israeli Air Force struck terrorist operatives planning and carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel, killing four of them,. Palestinian terrorist organizations attacked the western Negev with six rockets and two mortar shells, all of which fell in open areas. On January 3 an Israeli and a Palestinian representative met in Amman Read more...

This past week sporadic rocket and mortar shell fire from the Gaza Strip into the western Negev continued. Ismail Haniya, , is on a flying tour of several Arab-Muslim countries, the first since 2007. His first stop was Egypt, where he met with the Deputy General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood and high-ranking general intelligence Read more...

Thispast week Israeli-Palestinian events focused on the second stage of the dealfor the release of Gilad Shalit. Five hundred and fifty Palestinian terroristsreleased from Israeli jails were handed over Palestinian spokesmen againstressed the need to release the remaining terrorists imprisoned in Israel,emphasizing additional abductions. The24th anniversary of the founding of Hamas was marked by a Read more...

This past week terrorist events focused on another round of escalation in Israel’s south (December 8-10). It began with an Israeli Air Force attack which killed two terrorist operatives. One of them was an Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade operative, who was in the process of preparing a terrorist attack against Israel. Read more...