Hamas attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers

Jerusalem Post:

The barrages of Kassam rockets and mortar shells Hamas fired at Israel on Tuesday morning were meant to provide cover for and distract attention from an attempted infiltration by a terror cell, whose members intended to kidnap IDF soldiers deployed along the Gaza border, IDF sources reported Tuesday afternoon.

The sources said that the army's heightened alert, as well as a quick response by ground troops and IAF helicopters that had been hovering over Gaza, foiled the attempt. According to preliminary reports, no cell managed to cross into Israel.

The IDF has been on high alert in recent weeks, ever since receiving intelligence that Hamas was planning to abduct soldiers in a raid similar to the one near Kerem Shalom in June, 2006 in which Cpl. Gilad Schalit was captured.

According to an IDF source, Tuesday's attack was "Hizbullah-style," in that the group launched rockets to distract the troops on patrol and provide cover for the cell members' movements.

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While earlier Hamas has said it was calling off its truce with Israel, in this account it claims it is still on. I suspect that was posturing to make a counter attack more politically difficult since the plot failed. Reuters reports that it was Hamas's "armed wing" that had called off the truce. Their very existence is why the Palestinians have nothing to offer Israel in a peace deal. The Palestinians will not take responsibility for what their "armed wings" do.

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