The Conundrum, Part 29

The rockets red glare continues to fall on Sderot. Still more rocket barrages. And isn't it nice to know that Iran is testing their longer range missiles as well. You know, the ones that are capable of hitting Israel from Iranian soil.

Want to know whether Goldwasser and Regev are alive? Well, Hizbullah has a price for that as well. And no one is saying.

Jordan has charged three Hamas with terror conspiracy.

Abbas threatens to dissolve what's left of the Palestinian Authority. Abbas and Haniyeh are walking the razor's edge of a civil war. But their common outlet is Israel. And 60 gunmen are holed up in a Gaza mosque after firing on Israeli forces. Israeli forces knocked down a wall to gain access to the complex, and has noted that several wanted terrorists are among the 60. This is part of an ongoing operation:

According to IDF sources, the Palestinians were keeping a great amount of artillery within the mosque. The sources also said that amongst the holed up gunmen were wanted senior activists who were leading the Qassam attacks from the Northern Gaza Strip.

The siege of the mosque and exchange of fire with the holed up gunmen were the peak of a widespread IDF operation in Beit Hanoun against the Qassam rocket-launching infrastructure.

The operation, which included door to door checks in the town, was the first in recent years in Gaza, including the time which the IDF spent in Gush Katif. The arrest of the wanted terrorists could have a significant effect for the IDF, since Beit Hanoun is considered pivotal in the Qassam rocket-launching infrastructure.

Twenty Palestinians have been killed, more than half of them gunmen, since Israeli troops entered the north Gaza town of Beit Hanoun on Wednesday. One Israeli soldier has been killed in the operation.

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