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December 9, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=30263

Hamas Planned Massive Attack on Sderot during 2014 Gaza War

(Israel Hayom) The Israel Defense Forces thwarted a major Hamas terrorist attack in Sderot last summer during the 2014 Gaza war, Southern Brigade commander Col. Dado Bar-Kalifa revealed Monday. Four soldiers, including battalion commander Lt. Col. Dolev Kedar, were killed on July 22, 2014, in a clash with Hamas terrorists emerging out of a tunnel dug near Kibbutz Nir Am. "The Nir Am tunnel attack was mistakenly named, before we learned of the enemy's plans to reach Sderot," Bar-Kalifa said. The terrorists killed in the clash "planned to lead 60 terrorists to the heart of an Israeli community, where they planned to embark on a killing spree and abduct soldiers and civilians," he said.

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