Kassam Rocket Attack on Negev

From Arutz Sheva - Israel National News: 18:04 Sep 23, '05 / 19 Elul 5765 . . .

Islamic Jihad terrorists launched ten Kassam rockets at the western Negev Friday afternoon. The rockets landed in open fields, and no damage or injuries were reported. Israel has not responded.

Security forces found one of the rockets in a field near the security fence, a military spokesman said. The rockets landed in the fields of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the town of Sderot.

Israel again warned the Palestinian Authority (PA) that it has 'zero tolerance' for assaults on its citizens and will retaliate if terrorists attack. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, reminded by a television reporter earlier this month that the same warning has been issued before without any military reprisals, said, 'This time it will be different.'

One hour after the rocket attacks, no government statement was made, and there were no reports of IDF activity reprisals. An Arutz-7 correspondent asked the IDF spokesperson why the army is not responding to this assault on Jewish lives in the Western Negev. She answered, 'The IDF will assess the situation and consider responding.'

Arab terrorists from the Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad said the attack was a direct response to the death of three of the gang's terrorists who fought IDF attempts to arrest them early Friday morning in the Tulkarm area in Samaria.