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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Summary of Overnight Activity

IDF Spokesperson January 8th, 2009

Summary of Overnight Activity

The operation in the Gaza Strip continued throughout the night, with
infantry, tank, engineering, artillery and intelligence forces operating in
large numbers throughout the Gaza Strip, with the assistance of the Israel
Air Force and Israel Navy.

The IAF attacked a number of targets, based on IDF and ISA intelligence,
including the house of Yaser Natat, who was in charge of the rocket firing
program in the Rafah area, and the house of Muhammad Sanuar, the commander
of the Hamas "Han Yunes Brigade".

In addition, the IAF struck approximately 60 targets throughout the Gaza
Strip, including:
A mosque used as a weapons storage facilities and as a meeting place for
Hamas terror operatives
A Hamas Police structure
Fifteen tunnels used by Hamas terror operatives against IDF forces, some of
which were located under houses
Ten weapons storage facilities
A number of armed gunmen
Fifteen launching areas and underground launching pads used to fire mortar
shells at IDF forces

The Navy, Air Force and Artillery Corps continued to assist the ground
forces throughout the Gaza Strip, striking Hamas targets, groups of gunmen
and terrorists identified in rocket launching areas and located near the
forces.

One mortar shell was fired into the Western Negev overnight.

One IDF soldier was lightly wounded in the overnight activity.

The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terror infrastructure in
the Gaza Strip according to its operational plans in order to reduce the
rocket fire on the south of Israel.

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