"We believe that the latest rocket attacks were approved by Hamas," an
Israeli military source said.
The military identified three squad members as Mahmoud Bana, Kamel
Dakhdukh and Mohammed Marshoud. Jihad was said to have used the three, all
of whom were killed, in previous attacks. Three other members of the Jihad
squad were said to have been injured.
"The three [dead] terrorists hit were Palestinian Islamic Jihad
operatives
residing in Gaza City, and part of a terrorist cell that has been firing
rockets into Israel for the past few weeks," the military said on Sept. 29.
Jihad was believed to have renewed missile and rocket attacks against
Israel on Sept. 19 during the Jewish New Year. Bana, Dakhdukh and Marshoud
were said to have conducted that strike as well.
During much of 2009, the Hamas regime blocked Jihad and other groups
from firing missiles, mortars and rockets into Israel. But military sources
said the regime has not stopped the Palestinian militias over the last
month.
Jihad and other Palestinian militias continued missile fire into Israel.
On Sept. 26, at least five Kassam-class, short-range missiles were fired
from the Gaza Strip into Israel. There were no reports of injuries.
The missile strikes came in wake of a funeral for the three Jihad
casualties in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Israel's
military opened fire toward Jihad fighters who marched toward the Gaza
border.
