Hamas Continue Rocket Firing

Above: Rocket attacks from Hamas

Only within a few hours of the IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Hamas had already declared victory.

And as an exclamation point of sorts, the Hamas Qassam rockets were launched (like pictured above from Gaza) once again at nearby Israeli towns as if nothing had happened; as if saying that after two days of killing more than 60 Palestinians, the Israelis still had failed to destroy the rocket launchers.

IDF Counter Qassam With Air Strike

Above: The Van Carrying Hamas

In their fight against terrorist activities in the region (giving priority to targets launching the Qassam rockets into Isreal), Israel Defense Forces reportedly killed at least 12 Palestinians on Wednesday from a barrage of air strikes in the Gaza Strip. Sadly the report also adds that three of these casualties were children, one of them a six month old baby.

The first missile attack was on a van (pictured above) carrying five Hamas militants. According to military intelligence, these men were planning to carry out an attack against Israel; they were also involved in firing Qassam rockets into Israel and planting explosives.

Israeli Airstrikes Continue in Gaza

Above: Israeli Airstrike

According to Hamas sources, an Israeli airstrike hammered down a Hamas base in Gaza, killing six militants and injuring ten more.

Israel Defense Forces confirmed they carried out the airstrike. This was not the first time in recent days that such an attack was made.

The move comes a day after a suicide bomber from Gaza attacked a crowded Israeli shopping mall. The bombing killed three and wounded several other civilians. The attack in Dimona was the first suicide bombing in Israel in a span of over a year. The military wings of Palestinian militant groups Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. According to intelligence reports, two Palestinians left Gaza across the recently breached border with Egypt and then entered Israel to carry out the suicide mission.