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January 20, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/529461.html

Signs of Change?

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - PA police deployed in Gaza Strip cities Wednesday to prevent movement of people bearing unauthorized weapons, while the PA requested that Israel permit police to enter the Kassam launch areas in northern Gaza. While no rockets were fired at Sderot Wednesday, one explanation was the beginning of the four-day Muslim Id al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) festival. Over the past four weeks, IDF Southern Command has counted some 100 attacks per week in the Strip, nearly double the previous average. Each week nearly 50 Kassam and mortar volleys were registered in the Strip and western Negev. The IDF has posted large Arabic signs on the Karni and Erez crossings announcing their closure "because of Hamas," and air-dropped a quarter of a million flyers conveying a similar message.

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