IAF strikes terrorist sites in the Gaza Strip. Photo: IDF Spokesperson

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Early this morning, Israel Air Force aircraft successfully struck a Hamas-owned weapons manufacturing facility in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as two weapon smuggling tunnels ojn the Gaza Strips Rafah border area. The attacks were in response to the firing yesterday evening of two Qassam rockets at the Sdot Negev Regional Council in the northwest Negev, near Nahal Oz.

Nearly 270 rockets and mortar shells were fired at Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead on January 18th 2009, in comparison to over 3300 rockets and mortars fired in the year before the operation. Over the last month approximately 15 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip.

The IDF will not tolerate any attacks by terror organizations against Israel and it's citizens and will respond to any attempt to disrupt the Peace in Israel's South.