(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesman)
11 May 2008
Yesterday, more than 20 Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot. Two Kassams fell on the Tnuvele factory in Sderot. Two Israelis were injured from shrapnel and more were in shock.
Today, three Kassam rockets fell, including one that fell on Sderot, and damage was caused to the Sapir College. Three mortar bombs fell in Israeli territory.
Also today, 75 humanitarian aid trucks carrying wheelchairs, walking sticks, additional medical equipment, food supplies and camping equipment were transferred to the Gaza Strip via Israeli crossing points.
Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip while at the same time it is being attacked from that territory. Israel holds Hamas fully responsible for these attacks and their consequences.
5 May 2008
In the past 24 hours, there were two intensive barrages of Kassam rocket attacks aimed at Sderot and the western Negev communities. Two rockets landed in Sderot, hitting a cemetery and damaging headstones while one hit a supermarket, causing structural damage. There were 5 shock victims. Today there were three hits in Sderot, including one that landed in agricultural lands near the Sapir College.
Also today, 75 humanitarian aid trucks carrying vaccines, electric wires, hygiene and food products and other materials were transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Sufa crossing point.
Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip while at the same time it is being attacked from that territory. Israel holds Hamas fully responsible for these attacks and their consequences.
16 April 2008
Early this morning (Wednesday) 16 April 2008, three IDF soldiers were killed and three injured in a clash with terrorists near the security fence between Gaza and Israel. The event took place on the Gaza side of the fence, between the Nahal Oz fuel terminal and Kibbutz Beeri, when the IDF force encountered a group of armed Palestinians close to the border. The IDF routinely operates in this area to prevent terrorist infiltrations, sniper fire and Kassam rocket attacks.
Today's incident occurred - apparently not coincidentally - exactly one week after the terrorist attack on the Nahal Oz fuel terminal, during which two Israel workers were murdered. The presence of the terrorists in that area is an indication that the threat from Gaza is not aimed only at Sderot, but also at the other approximately 10 Israeli communities near the border, which are also under daily threat.
In a separate incident, during an IDF operation against terrorist infrastructure near the security fence in northern Gaza, Palestinian gunmen opened fire from within a mosque. The mosque had been used for storing a large amount of explosive devices and explosive substances. One IDF soldier was moderately wounded. Mortar bombs and anti-tank missiles were also fired at an IDF force.
Explosive device found in Gaza mosque
(IDF Spokesman)
Also today, all five crossings into Gaza for humanitarian aid (Karni, Sufa, Kerem Shalom, Nahal Oz and Erez) were open. These crossings supply Gaza with the necessities for daily life for the people of Gaza.
194 truckloads of humanitarian aid were transferred to Gaza.
Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip while at the same time it is being attacked from that territory. Israel holds Hamas fully responsible for these attacks and their consequences.
14 April 2008
Today, two Kassam rockets were fired, falling north-west of Sderot. In addition a mortar bomb was fired.
Also today, 107 humanitarian aid trucks carrying medical equipment, sewage pumps and basic food products were transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Sufa and Kerem Shalom Israeli crossing points.
13 April 2008
In the past 24 hours, a mortar bomb fell in the area of Nir Oz, near a group of local authority heads. No injuries were reported.
Also today, 121 humanitarian aid trucks carrying rice, sugar, oil, fruit and dairy products have been transferred to Gaza via the Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings.
It should be noted that in recent weeks, the Palestinians have been attempting to generate an energy crisis by failing to withdraw from fuel supplies available to them at the Palestinian terminal of the Nahal Oz fuel depot. Moreover, Hamas bears responsibility for the murderous 9 April 2008 attack on Israeli workers at the Nahal Oz fuel depot, which has caused some disruption in the terminal's service in recent days. Yet at the same time, they have been instigating a strike and protest.
10 April 2008
130 humanitarian aid trucks were transferred to the Gaza Strip via Israeli crossing points.
It should be noted that every week, the Nahal Oz fuel terminal delivers about 2.2 million liters of industrial fuel for Gaza City's electrical power plant, 75,400 liters of gasoline, 800,000 liters of diesel fuel, as well as large quantities of cooking gas.
Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip while at the same time it is being attacked from that territory. Israel holds Hamas fully responsible for these attacks and their consequences.
See Behind the Headlines: Attack on the Nahal Oz fuel crossing into Gaza.