IDF forces killed two Arabs who tried to infiltrate from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza to the area of Sderot. At least two other Arabs managed to cross over the fence, and security forces are searching for them… Further south, the army completed a midnight operation to destroy several buildings used to camouflage Arab mortar-gunners. Yesterday, Arabs fired close to 20 mortar shells at N’vei Dekalim, causing damage but no casualties. Two soldiers sustained light wounds during the operation… Last night, mortar shells were fired at Gadid and Morag; no one was hurt…

Following the “visit” of left-wing activists in Yitzhar yesterday, a steep increase in terrorist activity has been registered in the area. Four firebombs were hurled at a school bus north of the Tapuach Junction, a five-kilogram bomb exploded aside the car of a Yitzhar resident outside the village of Hawara, and rock-and-tire obstacles were placed on Highway 60 and the Trans-Samaria Highways for the first time in many months. No one was hurt in these incidents.

A large explosive device was discovered this morning alongside the IDF’s Tarmit position in southern Gaza. IDF sappers neutralized the bomb without incident… The Supreme Court approved today the sealing of the home of Adnan Yihya Sharbati, an Israeli-Arab Hamas terrorist from Jerusalem, who was convicted of assisting a suicide bomber in reaching his target: a #2 passenger bus on its way from the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The August attack claimed 23 lives and wounded more than 100. Sharbati expressed regret at the hearing - that more people were not killed.

This entry was posted on Monday, December 15th, 2003 and is filed under news.