03 January 2010 , 12:29
On Friday night (Jan. 1), the Israel Air Force successfully targeted two terrorist smuggling tunnels leading from the northern and southern Gaza Strip towards Israel in a joint IDF-ISA operation. The tunnels originated from a distance of approximately one kilometer from the Gazan-Israeli border, and were intended for terror operatives to enter Israel and execute a terror attack against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
The operation was carried out in response to the firing of a rocket at the city of Netivot on Thursday evening. More than 280 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead and more than 750 hit Israel in the whole of 2009. Throughout 2008, prior to Operation Cast Lead, over 3300 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip.
The IDF will not tolerate the firing of rockets by terrorist organizations at Israel and will continue to respond against any attempt to disrupt the calm in Israel's southern communities.
source: http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/01/0301.htm
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