The Palestinian War Against Israel Continues

Once again, the Palestinians continue to show that they have no interest in peace with Israel. Terrorists infiltrated into Israel and killed two Israelis at the Nahal Oz fuel terminal. At least four terrorists infiltrated from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Two were killed in a firefight with Israeli security and one more terrorists were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

The two were employed at the terminal, which supplies the Gaza Strip with most of its fuel.

IDF troops and emergency medical teams, who arrived on the scene, came under heavy gun and mortar fire.

Two of the terrorists were killed by the IDF in the terminal, and at least two others fled back to the Gaza Strip. In a swift response, the military dispatched aircraft which hit a car carrying at least one of the terrorists. According to a Hamas spokesman, the man was seriously injured. The army said two of the attackers were killed in the strike.

The military was conducting searches on the Israeli side of the border to ascertain that no terrorists managed to flee into Israeli-controlled territory.

It was still unclear how the terrorists infiltrated the terminal, separated from the Gaza Strip by a high wall. Military sources said there were no signs of a tunnel near the site of the attack.

Islamic Jihad and several other groups claimed responsibility for the attack.

And the fuel terminal is one that serves Gaza. That's right folks, the Palestinian terrorists targeted the very fuel terminal in Israel that provides fuel to Gaza. In any other country, such a situation would not continue as that country would never provide fuel to its mortal enemies, but Israel is not just any country.

Israel is held to different standards by the international community, and Israel's national security suffers as a result. Israel has cut off oil supplies to Gaza, and expect the usual suspects in the media and pundits to complain that Israel is engaging in collective punishment for terrorism.

Israeli authorities report that the terror attack on the oil depot was in the hopes of kidnapping Israeli soldiers to be used as pawns in making Israel make more concessions.

This comes even as mortar attacks continue to hit Israeli territory.

Egyptian troops along the Gaza/Egypt border are on heightened alert as they worry that Hamas may attempt to break out of Gaza into Egypt once again.

UPDATE:
Israeli officials report that Hamas authorized the attack that killed two Israelis at the fuel depot.

"Hamas is responsible for the attack in Nahal Oz – it took part in authorizing it, planning it and perhaps even more," the official said.

IDF officials estimated that during the incident three-to-five gunmen infiltrated the fuel terminal, hit the two Israelis and fled back into the Strip. According to the army, the terror cell set out to abduct soldiers in the area.

"This a cynical attack," another Israeli official added. "On the one hand, Hamas complains of the blockade on Gaza, and on the other hand it is responsible for the attack on the fuel terminal, which provides gas and fuel to the residents of the Strip," he stated.

It's the same terrorist group that Khalid Meshaal leads and who is expected to meet with former President Jimmy Carter in Damascus. Of course it's a cynical attack, but when the world media largely ignores such attacks and provocations by the Palestinian terrorists, all attention gets focused on the Israeli response, and not the attacks and incidents that precipitate the Israeli response.

UPDATE:
As if the terrorist infiltration was insufficient to inform the world of Palestinian motivations, a mortar was fired in the direction of the fuel depot. Explosives and fuel don't go well together - and the terrorists were hoping for a lucky shot to blow up a significant portion of the depot. Need I remind you that the fuel depot is a major provider of fuel to Gaza?