Last night, in a joint IDF-ISA operation, the Israeli Air Force attacked a group of terror operatives planning to fire rockets from the Southern Gaza strip into Israel. Accurate hits were identified. One terror operative was killed and three additional operatives were injured. The terror operatives are known to be members of the Popular Resistance Committee.

Archive: A Hamas-made rocket uncovered in a civilian house in Gaza.

Approx. 790 rockets were fired into Israel in 2009.

The IDF will not tolerate rocket fire into Israel by terrorist organizations and will continue to respond to any attempt to disrupt the calm in the communities of southern Israel.