Friday, 24 February 2012 04:44 The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
This past week there was an increase in the number of rockets fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip (eight identified hits, including one near Beersheba). The IDF responded by attacking terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. There were two additional serious incidents originating in the Gaza Strip: anti-tank fire and an IED used to attack an IDF force near the security fence (IDF Spokesman, February 19, 2012). In addition, a bag containing powerful explosives was thrown at IDF and Israel Police forces conducting anti-smuggling activities along the Israel-Egypt border (IDF Spokesman, February 21, 2012).
The issue of hunger-striking Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist operative Khader Adnan was supposed to be reviewed by the Israeli Supreme Court on February 21. A short time before the Supreme Court discussions, the office of the Israeli Ministry of Justice announced that a request had been submitted by the State’s Attorney and Khader Adnan’s lawyer to dismiss the petition and cancel the discussions. The State of Israel announced that it had no intention of extending his administrative detention, and following the announcement, Adnan said he would halt his hunger strike, effective immediately.
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Rockets Fired from Gaza into Israel
This past week there was an increase in the amount of rocket fire into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Eight rocket hits were identified, some of them long-range rockets (IDF Spokesman):
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