Posted on 08/18/2011 10:01:45 AM PDT by mojito
The IDF attacked terror targets in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to a three-stage terrorist attack which killed seven Israelis and wounded dozens in the South earlier in the day.
Five Palestinians were killed in the joint IDF and Shin Bet strike.
Among those killed was the chief of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), Kamal al-Nairab. The four others that were killed were also members of the terrorist faction .
Security sources said that the PRC was behind Thursday's triple attack near Eilat. They added that the operatives had crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt and then into Isreal this morning to carry out the attack.
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The following “tweets” were posted August 22, 2011.
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Evan Kohlmann
“Massadat Mujahidin in Palestine” has issued a statement “hailing the heroic [Eilat] ops and calling for the continuation of this approach.”
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Evan Kohlmann
The hardline “Tawhid wal-Jihad” faction in the Gaza Strip has claimed credit for a rocket attack targeting the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
11 hours ago via web
“Thread: “Ansar al Sunnah” “ environs of Jerusalem / / bombing of the Jewish settlements...”
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“Thread: Home movie of rocket barrage targeting Be’ersheva...”
(August 21, 2011)
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