March 6th, 2006
BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Attributed to "security sources" [Provided by the IDF Spokesperson]

IDF aerial attack against an Islamic Jihad terrorist involved in terror
attacks against Israel

This afternoon, March 6th 2006, the IDF carried out an aerial attack on a
vehicle in which Islamic Jihad terrorist Munir Mahmed Mahmed Sukhar, 30, a
resident of Sajaiya Jadida, was traveling. The activity was carried out
within the framework of IDF activity against the launching of projectile
rockets from the Northern Gaza Strip.

Sukhar was involved in projectile rocket attacks against Israeli civilians
and civilian infrastructures. Furthermore, Sukhar was involved in the
transfer of weaponry to other Islamic Jihad terrorists for the purpose of
carrying out terror attacks against Israelis, and in the detonation of
explosive devices at IDF forces in the area of the Gaza Strip.

Sukhar was also directly involved in attempts to smuggle terrorists armed
with explosive belts from the Gaza Strip into Israel via the Sinai Peninsula
with the purpose of carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians.