The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation September15-30 2006

Israeli security forces continue preventing terrorist attacks in Israel. Qassam rocket attacks against the western Negev continue, wounding residents of Sderot and hitting homes, although there was less Qassam rocket fire in August and September than in previous months.
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation September 1-14

The focus of the last two weeks was the death of an IDF tracker near the Kissufim crossing. It occurred as an IDF force exposed a tunnel leading into Israeli territory (During the first two weeks of August there was relatively little Qassam rocket fire directed against Israeli population centers in the western Negev. In
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation August 16-31, 2006

During the second half of August the Israeli security forces continued their intensive counterterrorism activity in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. There was a significant decline in the number of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip at population centers in the western Negev.
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An exceptional statement on the first anniversary of the disengagement

In an exceptional statement on the first anniversary of the disengagement, Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad criticized anarchy and corruption in the Gaza Strip, blaming Palestinian society and no, as usual, the Israeli “occupation.” He also criticized rocket attacks against Israel, which he said did more harm than good, and said the Palestinians had to
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation August 1-16, 2006

The general Palestinian public and the terrorist organizations were conspicuous in their support for Hezbollah and admiration for its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. However, the Palestinians have complained of the “forgotten war” in the Gaza Strip (where Operation Summer Rains continues) and expanded the internal discussion regarding how what they considered Hezbollah’s achievements could be adopted
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Thwarted Palestinian terrorist organizations attempts to perpetrate suicide bombing attacks and abduct Israelis during the war in Lebanon

In the course of the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli security forces thwarted suicide bombing attacks and attempts to abduct soldiers and civilians to negotiate the release of Palestinian prisoners. Some of these terrorist attacks were thwarted shortly before their planned execution.
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