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This past week the western Negev was relatively quiet. The resignation of Egyptian Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak was jubilantly received in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. Al-Jazeera TV’s exposure of documents dealing with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations led to the resignation of Saeb Erekat Read more...

Sporadic fire from the Gaza Strip into the western Negev continued this past week. Palestinian terrorists who escaped from Egyptian jails returned to the Gaza Strip. Following the explosion at the terminal of the gas pipe which runs from Egypt to Jordan, “Egyptian sources” accused the Army of Islam of involvement in both that attack Read more...

In view of the uprising in Egypt, prominent this past week were the three rockets fired into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Throughout January the high level of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip continued (15 hits). Hamas is following the events in Egypt closely while keeping a low media profile. Read more...

Hamas continues its policy of rocket fire restraint and made efforts to enforce the policy on the other terrorist organizations. However, one rocket hit was identified in the western Negev. Al-Jazeera TV leaked documents dealing with the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority Read more...

Hamas continued its efforts to enforce its rocket fire restraint policy on the other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip Nevertheless, this past week three rocket hits were identified in the western Negev. The Israeli Air Force attacked a number of terrorist The Palestinian Authority continued its diplomatic activities to gain international recognition for a Read more...