RAFAH (PIC)– Special IOF forces at dawn Thursday infiltrated into Nahda suburb east of Rafah city to the south of the Gaza Strip and occupied a number of homes after firing in all directions while advancing into the neighborhood.
Local sources said that a big number of soldiers infiltrated through the Soufa crossing and nearby groves and feared that the step might herald a bigger invasion of the Rafah city.
In the West Bank IOF soldiers rounded up 17 Palestinians after storming and ransacking their homes.
In retaliation to the IOF crimes the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas Movement fired six locally made missiles at the Israeli settlement of Sderot to the northeast of Gaza.
Hebrew media reported that the rockets caused damage to a building while five settlers were treated for shock.
The armed wing had earlier Thursday fired a number of missiles and mortar shells at IOF military positions surrounding the Strip.
Meanwhile the IOA decided to build a cement wall along the Israeli borders with Egypt and allocated almost 500 million dollars for the purpose.
