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Weekly Update - November 19, 2008
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This week there occurred an escalation in the high trajectory weapon attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israel. Rocket firing towards Sderot and Ashkelon on November 14 and 16 were especially prominent attacks, which resulted in the wounding of 16 civilians. According to Palestinian sources this was a response to Israeli activity, viz. IDF activity carried out on the evening between November 4th and 5th, which exposed a tunnel intended for the purpose of a large terror attack within Israel. An additional and significant attack this week was a shooting attack in Samaria (November 17), during which an Israeli citizen was lightly wounded.
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Major trends
In the Gaza Strip – increase in attacks on Israeli targets. Total: 60 attacks, in contrast to 29 attacks last week), resulting in the wounding of 16 civilians. The majority of the attacks involved high-trajectory weapon fire (rockets and mortars).
This week there were 60 disruptions of the Lull in contrast to 17 last week. In Judea and Samaria – decreased number of attacks characterized by violent “popular resistance”: this week, 4 Molotov cocktails were thrown, in contrast to 15 last week. In addition, one shooting attack (Samaria).
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