The Muslim terrorists from Gaza fired on an IDF troop seriously wounding one one soldier. IDF quickly responded to the attack by both air and ground attacks, killing at least one terrorist.
Let’s pray the IDF soldier doesn’t die from his wounds.
Here is more:
YNET – An IDF soldier was seriously wounded Wednesday after an IDF patrol convoy sustained sniper fire near the southern Gaza Strip around noon, prompting the army to return fire into Gaza, in the most serious escalation along the southern border since a violent 50-day summer conflict ended.
According to the IDF, the soldier was taken to receive medical care, and his family has been informed of his state.
According to the IDF, a Palestinian sniper opened fire on an IDF patrol near the Kisufim area in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF then returned artillery and aerial fire, targeting the sources of the initial fire near Khirbet Hazaa as well as Hamas positions.
A Palestinian report said the IDF fired tank shells into in the southern strip. Hamas sources reported that the head of the local reconnaissance unit in the southern Gaza Strip was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the IDF, while three others were said to be wounded. Hamas sources named the dead man as Tayseer Asmairi.
Tayseer Asmairi
Hamas said that “Israel is playing with fire and bears full responsibility for the repercussions. It is the Palestinian people’s right to defend itself.”
Palestinian sources told Ynet that Hamas has begun clearing its outposts and sending its commanders into hiding, fearing retaliatory IDF targeted killings.
Initial evidence seemed to indicate Hamas was behind the shooting, a sharp change in policy by the terror group, which, according to the Israeli defense establishment, has been working to crackdown on rogue militant factions, who have already fired into Israel on a number of occasions since the summer conflict ended.
Netanyahu responded to the attacks, vowing a forceful response:
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted Wednesday afternoon to a sniper attack by Hamas terrorists along the border with Gaza, which left one IDF soldier critically wounded.
“Our policy is clear: a determined and firm response against any attempt to break the quiet in the south,” he said in a statement. “We will respond forcefully every time there is an attempt to break the quiet achieved in the south after Operation Protective Edge.”