Monday, May 21, 2007

Israel Update - Monday, May 21, 2007

Attacks in Israel and Gaza continue
Update Monday, May 21, 2007


Senior Member of the Hamas Terror Organization Killed Last Night in an IDF Attack

An IDF attack, last night, in the region of Sa'ajaya, in the Gaza Strip, resulted in the death of Samah Faroneh, a senior member of the Hamas terror organization.

Samah Faroneh, 28, a resident of the Gaza Strip, was involved in a large number of Qassam rocket attacks against Israel and in the mortar shelling against IDF posts in the Gaza Strip and in the "Horvus" Route. He was also involved in the rocket attacks against Israel this past Independence Day.

Faroneh was a senior member of his terrorist cell and participated in implementing past sniper attacks Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers particularly on 19.3.2007, in the Horvus route region on the 19.3.2007, which resulted in the injury of an Israeli citizen.

In addition, the IDF is continuing its attacks against terrorist targets, tonight, in northern Gaza, in response to the non-stop rocket attacks against Israel. This evening, the IAF attacked a lorry suspected of carrying weapons for the terror organization Hamas, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip. The IDF also aerially attacked a weapons storehouse and a weapons factory run by the Islamic Jihad terror organization in central Gaza Strip. Watch the video HERE
(Archive Photo & Video from last night’s attacks by IAF – Info from the IDF website)

Qassam hits car near southern town's commercial center, killing 35-year-old woman and moderately wounding another man. Residents clash with police in response to attack. About 17 rockets fired from Gaza Strip since Monday morning...
Read the story at link below...
Woman killed in Sderot rocket attack
Has photos

***> Watch at least the first 6 minutes or so of this Newscast out of Israel today. Very powerful reporting from IBA TV News...
IBA [Israel Broadcasting Authority] TV News in English-Video (IBA)

About video below...
Sderot and the western Negev have come under attack since Tuesday night (May 15), with a barrage of over 130 Kassam rockets landing in the town and surrounding area. Hamas has openly claimed responsibility for the ongoing attack...

Video and info by (MFA) Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs

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