GAZA (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority continued to close all Gaza commercial crossings on Sunday for the sixth day running at the pretext of Palestinian violation of the calm agreement.
The Hebrew radio said that war minister Ehud Barak decided to retain the crossings closed after a projectile was fired from the Strip last night at an area south of Majdal which caused no casualties or damage.
An Israeli warplane on Saturday night blasted a missile launcher north of the Gaza Strip but no casualties were reported.
An IOF patrol came under fire near the Karni crossing but no casualties were sustained the IOF command said.
IOF soldiers on Saturday advanced into eastern Khan Younis south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and bulldozed agricultural lands and were met with Palestinian resistance fire.
The IOF violated the calm agreement when it killed 7 Palestinian fighters a couple of day ago prompting the Palestinian resistance to retaliate to the crime.
The Quds Brigades the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement on Sunday claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli soldier west of Bethlehem on Saturday.
The Hebrew radio said that IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinians from the Sha’fat refugee camp after the incident.
In Jenin IOF troops imposed a curfew on Zabuba village west of Jenin on Saturday night. Locals said that the soldiers fired live bullets and sonic bombs as they combed the village and searched a number of homes.
The Hebrew radio reported that IOF soldiers rounded up four Palestinian citizens in Tulkarem and Bethlehem at dawn Sunday.
