IDF Briefing, 08 January 2009


Summary of Today’s IDF Operations     January 8th, 2009

In a pinpoint operation conducted by IDF forces in coordination with the ISA this morning, soldiers targeted and identified hitting a number of Islamic Jihad operatives who in recent days launched rockets into Israel: Nasser Halil Hassan Ouda, 21; Muhammad Faez Yadeb Hanedi, 24; Anwar Abed al-Hafiz Abu Salem, 23.

The IAF attacked approximately 25 targets, including:

  • Nine weaponry storehouses, most of them hidden under Hamas operatives’ homes
  • A number of weapons smuggling tunnels
  • Four rocket launching sites
  • A junction rigged with explosives, which operatives had planned to detonate against IDF forces
  • A vehicle carrying a rocket launcher
  • Two Hamas outposts
  • Five cells of armed operatives, some of which fired at IDF forces

Ground forces encountered and shot armed gunmen in several different incidents.

IAF, Navy and Artillery forces continued to support ground forces operating in Gaza, striking groups of gunmen approaching IDF units, as well as gunmen identified at rocket launching sites.

An IDF officer was killed and another soldier lightly wounded this morning during a fire-fight in the central Gaza Strip. The soldiers, from the Kfir infantry brigade, were hit by an anti-tank missile. In another incident, an IDF soldier was severely wounded, another soldier was moderately wounded and five soldiers were lightly wounded when a rocket hit the Eshkol region. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to hospital for further care.

The IDF will continue to operate against the terrorist organizations in Gaza and anyone who aids them.

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Summary of Overnight Activity     January 8, 2009

The operation in the Gaza Strip continued throughout the night, with Infantry Corps, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, Artillery Corps and Field Intelligence Corps forces operating in large numbers throughout the Gaza Strip, with air and naval support of the IAF and the IN.

The IAF attacked a number of targets, based on IDF and ISA intelligence, including the house of Yaser Natat, who was in charge of the rocket firing program in the Rafah area, and the house of Muhammad Sanuar, the commander of the Hamas Han Yunes Brigade.

In addition, the IAF struck approximately 60 targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including:

  • A mosque used as a weapons storage facility and as a meeting place for Hamas terror operatives
  • A Hamas Police structure
  • Fifteen tunnels used by Hamas terror operatives against IDF forces, some of which were located under houses
  • Ten weapons storage facilities
  • A number of armed operatives
  • Fifteen launching sites and underground launching pads used to fire mortar shells at IDF forces

The Navy, Air Force and Artillery Corps continued to support the Ground Forces throughout the Gaza Strip, striking Hamas targets, groups of gunmen and terrorists identified in rocket launching areas and located near the forces.

One mortar shell was fired into the western Negev overnight.

One IDF soldier was lightly wounded during the overnight activity.

The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip according to its operational plans in order to reduce the rocket fire on the south of Israel.

Courtesy of IDF Spokesperson 




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