A Palestine terrorist Mohammed Awar was killed last night following Israeli Air Force strikes in Gaza.
33-year-old Awar, a resident of Beit Lahia was involved in firing rockets at Israel and was also a member of the Hamas police.
Awar’s militant cell fired rockets at Sderot and Gaza border communities on April 21, near the end of the Passover holiday.
Palestinian authorities had earlier reported the incident with little or no emphasis on the terrorist background of the deceased.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the strike that the IDF and Shin Bet “carried out a precise action and will continue to act forcefully against anyone who tries to harm the security of the citizens of Israel.”
“This is the true face of Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “It keeps planning terror attacks against Israeli citizens even when it is part of the Palestinian government.”
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian terrorists fired a Qassam rocket at southern Israel that landed near a major road in the Eshkol Regional Council. No casualties or damage were reported. Residents of one of the nearby communities reported hearing the rocket’s whistle before it landed.
On Sunday, the head of the Military Intelligence research department said terrorist organizations in Gaza have hundreds of rockets with a range of 80 kilometers, enough to hit Tel Aviv and the surrounding Gush Dan area.
Israel Defense Forces said it would not tolerate “attempts to harm citizens of the State of Israel or IDF soldiers” and would “act against any source of terror against the State of Israel.”
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