A soldier was seriously wounded by sniper fire along the Gaza border

Hours after the incident this morning (Wednesday), cleared for publication that an IDF soldier was seriously wounded by a sniper near Kibbutz Nir Oz opposite southern to Gaza Strip.

The soldier in the army was transferred by helicopter for treatment at Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, suffering from a chest wound. Following the attack, the IDF returned fire, and killed the commander of the Hamas military wing.

IDF gunfire at Nir Oz in the southern Gaza Strip. The force returned fire, and Palestinian sources reported heavy exchanges of fire. Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced that the head of the observations of the army was killed in Israeli shelling east of Khan Younis, and two others were injured.

The army said that "in response to the forces opened fire outside of the fence in southern Gaza Strip, the IDF strikes at instant relevant targets. There was an air strike and assault by means of a tank."

Following the shooting agricultural settlements in and fields the western Negev received a directive from the army to cease all agricultural work near the perimeter fence.

Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Yoni Chetboun, head of the party's Haam Itanu, commented: "We will not tolerate terrorism in Gaza, not in the West Bank, not a drip and certainly not a heavy flood. Right now, you need a big national camp and strong terrorism front. "

Hamas leader Ismail Radwan accuses Israel, and said that Israel "playing with fire and bears full responsibility for the repercussions." He added that "the Palestinian people's right to defend itself".

Please note that this is for an escalation since Operation Preventive Edge, it was quiet on the southern border. Recently, Hamas and terrorist organizations continued to produce rockets, rocket and carried out mainly at sea experience. A few isolated cases were red paint systems in communities near the fence, following the launch detection.

On Friday last, near the start of the Sabbath, a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in Eshkol Regional Council. On Friday night, the air force attacked for the first time since the end of Preventive Edge a cement manufacturing factory in Khan Younis, used by Hamas in Gaza tunnels rehabilitation activities.

Al-Jazeera "reported that following the incident this morning, Hamas evacuated its offices and its bases in the Gaza Strip for fear of Israeli attacks.

Chief of Staff Gantz, referred to the event at the South during a Calcalist Conference, saying: "There is no intention to allow it go unanswered. We will work in the most intelligent and most powerful in each case". He added, "We must strengthen intelligence components and ensure our superiority. We need to develop and strengthen capacity of attacking defensive capacity, for example in the underground and cyber dimension"

"We go from bases in the center and move to the Negev. In addition, there are processes to transfer the Kirya to Jerusalem." "Israel is a complex area, but is also the most powerful in the region. We are ready for any development."

Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz following the incident at the border: "Israel will not accept deterioration in the security situation on the Gaza border. Hamas must understand that if he continues to undermine the security situation on the Gaza border he risks a harsh Israeli response, which could roll all comprehensive military campaign to demolish its arsenal and governmental alike. "

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