July 20th 2006
IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT

IDF drops leaflets to ensure the safety of Palestinian civilian population
in the Gaza Strip

As part of the IDF's operation to stop the Qassam rocket barrages against
Israel, the IDF dropped leaflets addressing the Palestinian civilian
population in the Gaza Strip. The leaflets are intended to warn the
population not to stay in structures that are used for storing weaponry,
before they are targeted by the IDF.

The IDF have yet to target these structures, since they are in civilian
homes and are near densely populated areas. However, since the terrorist
organizations are continuing to cynically use civilian population as human
shields, using there homes to store weaponry and launching rockets at
Israeli towns from populated areas, the IDF will attack these locations used
by terrorists from now on.

The IDF is operating with great caution in order to prevent any harm to
uninvolved civilians. The operation is aimed at terror organizations, headed
by Hamas, cells who launch rockets at Israel and terror infrastructure.