Shooting at an IDF force near Kissufim

Shots were fired at an IDF patrol near the security fence at Kissufim, in central Gaza. No one was hurt.

In response, the IDF responded with fire from tanks towards the sources of fire, no injuries have been identified. Gaza media reported that the IDF opened fire at houses east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. A military source said: "It is not clear who was responsible for the fire at IDF soldiers."

Following the shooting, farmers in the western Negev were guided by the security officials to stop agricultural work at the fence.

On the last day of Chanukah, three months ago, snipers opened fire from the Gaza Strip to a force which was working near the security fence. IDF retaliated with tanks and firing from the air. According to Palestinian reports, the IDF struck and killed Taysir Samiri, commander of the observations units in the east of Khan Yunis. Three others were injured.

Five days earlier, on Shabbat Chanukah, the Air Force attacked Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip for the first time since the end of Operation Solid Rock in response to the firing of a rocket into the Eshkol Regional Council.

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