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IAF kills PFLP terrorist responsible for rocket fire on Negev | JPost | Israel News.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

01/22/2014 02:29

Ahmed Za’anin was responsible for a series of rocket attacks on southern Israel, including the two rockets fired shortly after the completion of the funeral of former prime minister Ariel Sharon at nearby Sycamore Ranch.

The Israel Air Force struck and killed a terrorist from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) group in Gaza shortly after midnight on Wednesday, who was responsible for a series of rocket attacks on southern Israel, including the two rockets fired at the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council came shortly after the completion of the funeral of former prime minister Ariel Sharon at the nearby Sycamore Ranch.

The air strike, carried out jointly by the IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), targeted Ahmed Za’anin, who according to the IDF planned to carry out additional rocket attacks against Israel in the near future.

“The IDF acted to remove an immediate threat to Israeli civilians,” the army said. “Ahmed Za’anin belonged to the PFLP terrorist organization, and in the past, was a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. He carried out many destructive acts against Israeli civilians and the IDF, with an emphasis on rocket fire,” the army added.

Since 2009, Za’anin took part in several attacks and set up local terrorist infrastructures in the Gaza Strip, according to the IDF.

Earlier, on Tuesday, Palestinian terrorists fired three projectiles at the Eshkol Regional council in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The projectiles slammed into open fields and failed to cause injuries or damages.

Hours before that, Palestinian terrorists detonated a bomb on the border between southern Gaza and Israel. IDF sources said the explosive was planted on the Gazan side of the fence, and was an attempt to kill soldiers.

The attack did not cause injuries. “Palestinian terrorists are exploiting the area west of the border to attack soldiers and Israeli civilians,” an army spokeswoman said. “The IDF takes a grave view of this.”

The IDF has been on high alert since a rocket barrage on Ashkelon on Thursday, which saw the Iron Dome air defense system intercept five projectiles over southern skies.

Also on Tuesday, security sources observed Hamas attempts to end rocket fire and reign in smaller terrorist faction in the Strip.

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