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IAF strikes Gaza Strip 3 times in 24 hours; 5 killed

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFFLAST UPDATED: 10/14/2012 21:44

Air force hits rocket-launching terror cell in Gaza, killing 2, wounding 2; PRC: "Occupation" to bear consequences for crimes.

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The Israel Air Force struck a rocket-launching terror cell in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, shortly after the Palestinians had launched projectiles at a southern Israeli farming district.

Palestinian medical sources said two men were killed and two more were injured in the air strike. The attack marked the third IAF strike on Gaza terror targets within 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to five in that span.

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Following the attack, the Popular Resistance Committees confirmed that the dead belonged to their organization, and vowed retaliation against Israel, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.

The terror group stated that Izz Addin Abu Nuseira, 23, and Ahmad Abu Fatayir, 22, were both members of the PRC's military wing.

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"We hereby announce that it’s time to pay the toll and the occupation will have to bear the consequences of its crimes," Ma'an quoted the PRC as saying. The group also confirmed that the two members had fired five mortar shells at Israel on Saturday.

Quoting a Gaza Health Ministry official, the Palestinian media reported that the raid was conducted on multiple targets in central Gaza, east of Deir el-Balah.

"The terrorist cell which fired rockets into Israel a short while ago was targeted," the IDF Spokesman's Office said, confirming the strike. "An accurate strike was identified," the IDF added.

The attack was the second of the day after IAF aircraft earlier struck a terrorist rocket-launching crew in Gaza which was about to fire at southern Israel, killing one.

IAF aircraft also attacked in Gaza overnight Saturday, hitting two men traveling on motorbikes in northern Gaza and killing the commander of an al-Qaida-inspired jihadi-salafi terror group. The commander has been named as Hisham Al-Saedni, also known as Abu Al-Waleed Al-Maqdissi, believed to be the head the Tawhid and Jihad (One God and Holy War) terror group.

Al-Saedni and his accomplice had been firing rockets into southern Israel, had taken part in past terror attacks on Israel from the Sinai Peninsula, and were in the final stages of plotting a new attack, an IDF source said.

The air strike came following Palestinian rocket attacks on the Eshkol Regional Council overnight.

On Friday, a Palestinian Grad missile fired at Netivot triggered air raid sirens, sending residents running for cover, before exploding in the backyard of a family home. The projectile sent shrapnel flying into the home, piercing the walls of the building’s walls, including a boy’s bedroom. One civilian was treated for shock and then taken to the hospital, Negev police said.

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