Despite the new government promising to respond aggressively towards Palestinian terrorist attacks, for the second time in as many months Israel did not respond to a rocket launch from the Gaza Strip. Last night, there was no response from the Israel Defense Forces after a rocket launched from Gaza fell in an open area in the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council area.
Read more: For The Second Time, Israel Refrains From Retaliating Against Gaza Rocket
An organization called "The Galilee Forces Lone Wolves" has released a new video in which it threatens the lives of senior Israeli officials, including President Yitzhak Herzog, former Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin. The threats were announced Saturday on the TV channel of Hezbollah "Al-Manar".
Read more: New Terrorist Organization Threatens President Herzog & Others
An Islamic Jihad terrorist and his security guard were killed at noon on Thursday in Jenin during a combined operation by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police. After the two were killed, a violent riot developed at the scene during which two more Palestinians, one of them 16 years old, were shot to death.
Read more: See It: Israeli Forces Almost Overrun In Jenin Operation That Killed 4
The Israel Defense Forces along with other security forces are continuing the investigation of an incident that took place at the beginning of the week near Megiddo on a highly trafficked road in the north of the country. Late Wednesday, the IDF announced that it was indeed a terrorist attack, carried out by a terrorist who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon and was neutralized by IDF and Shin Bet soldiers.
Read more: Deadly Explosion At Megiddo Intersection Resembles Hezbollah's Work
In an extensive operation by the Israeli police and the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, an operation to combat the illegal burning of polluting waste that has been ignored by the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria is taking place. Dozens of trucks were located Tuesday smuggling garbage from Arab villages into the Palestinian Authority territories to the burning sites, which causes dangerous pollution from which Arab and Jewish residents suffer alike.
Read more: Israel Approves Initiative To Tackle Illegal Palestinian Landfill Fires
