IDF: Money intended to reach Hamas, Islamic Jihad; soldier lightly wounded in Gaza Strip operations.
By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST.COM STAFFRamallah clashes 298.88(photo credit: CNN)
In a joint operation by the IDF, Israel Police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), three million shekels were confiscated from money changers in the West Bank.
The IDF said that the operation was intended to prevent funds from reaching Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank.
Shekels, US dollars and Jordanian dinars were confiscated from fourteen homes and offices in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Ramallah and Hebron.
In the Gaza Strip, reserve troops backed up by tanks wrapped up an operation in the central Gaza Strip and returned to Israel. The soldiers encountered terrorists wielding guns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG). In an exchange of fire, the soldiers confirmed hitting the armed Palestinians. No troops were hurt.
Earlier, an IDF soldier was lightly wounded in exchanges of fire with gunmen as forces from the Golani Brigade and from the Armored and Engineering Corps conducted another operation in the Gaza Strip. Several gunmen were wounded, Israel Radio reported.
On Tuesday morning, Palestinians fired a number of mortar shells from the Gaza Strip at the Nahal Oz area. There were no wounded or damage in the attack.
Also Tuesday, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on IDF troops carrying out engineering work near the central Gaza border fence. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
Overnight Monday, a number of shells landed in the area and a Kassam rocket landed in the Sdot Negev region. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
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