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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 2 – 8, 2013)

On October 5, 2013, a terrorist operative infiltrated the Jewish village of Psagot (near Al-Bireh), met a nine year-old girl, wounded her in the shoulder and fled. Israel’s south was quiet Relations between Egypt and the de-facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip remain tense.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 11 – 16, 2013) *

This past week Israel’s south was quiet. Violent incidents continued in Judea and Samaria. Egyptian security forces continued a large-scale operation against terrorist targets in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 3 – 10, 2013)

The Egyptian security forces are conducting an extensive military operation against terrorist targets in the northern Sinai Peninsula.. This past week Israel’s south was quiet. Stockpiles of weapons were exposed in Nablus and Hebron. Violent riots took place on the Temple Mount.
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Rockets fired by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades into the western Galilee – update *

On August 27, 2013, Sheikh Siraj al-Din Zariqat’s Twitter account gave the full text of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades/Ziyad Al-Jarrah Battalions’ claim of responsibility for firing four 122-mm Grad rockets with a range of 40 km, or about 25 miles, at Nahariya and Acre.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 14 – 20, 2013)

Sporadic rocket fire into Israeli territory continues. One rocket hit was identified in the western Negev. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. Violent activities continue in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams met for the second round of talks in Jerusalem.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 7 – 13, 2013)

This past week Israel was attacked by approximately three rockets; apparently two of them targeted Eilat (Israel’s southernmost city). A committee of Israeli government ministers headed by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon authorized the release of 26 Palestinian terrorists, most of them Fatah operatives.
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