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Comments (0)Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Gaza in response to a Kassam rocket fired into the Negev.
Two smuggling tunnels and a weapons factory in southern Gaza were hit in the Air Force raid overnight Wednesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
About 15 rockets and mortar shells have been fired from Gaza at Israel in the past month, the IDF said.
No damage or injury was reported from the Kassam, which was fired early Wednesday morning and caused the Color Red siren to sound in the area.
On Wednesday afternoon, an explosive device was detonated against Israeli forces patrolling the border with the central Gaza Strip.
More than 250 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead in January; more than 750 have hit Israel in 2009.
Boycott Products Made in Settlements, Palestinians Told
Palestinians have been asked to boycott large supermarket chains in the West Bank that sell fruit and vegetables grown in Israeli settlements.
At the same time, the Palestinian Authority’s economic ministry announced that it will more aggressively enforce a law that criminalizes the sale of products from the settlements, Al Jazeera reported.
Goods produced in the settlements have about a 15 percent share of the Palestinian market, Al Jazeera reported, citing the PA economic ministry.
Anti-Settlement Evacuation Sign Found at Base
A sign objecting to the evacuation of West Bank settlements was found at an Israeli army base, a violation of army protocol.
The sign, the third of its kind in the last several weeks, was found Thursday at a Kfir Brigade training camp in the Jordan Valley. Kfir is a special unit that serves in the West Bank.
The sign, which read “Kfir does not expel Jews,” reportedly was discovered by a commander shortly after it was painted. It is not yet known who painted the sign.
On Monday, two Kfir soldiers from the Nachshon Battalion were demoted and sentenced to military prison for unfurling a banner reading “Nachshon doesn’t evict Jews either” on the roof of a building on their West Bank military base near Hebron.
In a similar incident last month, two members of the Shimshon Battalion unfurled a sign at their swearing-in ceremony that read “Shimshon will not evacuate Homesh”—a West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005. Those soldiers also were jailed and removed from combat service.