Two Palestinians were shot and killed on Friday during one of two gunfights which had ensued between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen near the West Bank city of Jenin. The first exchange of fire broke out after soldiers entered the village of Kafr Dan, the residents said. Two Palestinians were killed; an Islamic Jihad gunman and one a civilian, doctors said. Several others were wounded. The army said troops operating in the village against terror infrastructure identified a group of gunmen and shot toward them, hitting them. Later Friday night, Palestinians opened fire at an IDF jeep in Kabatiya.
Meanwhile, at a checkpoint south of Nablus an explosive device was thrown at soldiers. No casualties were reported in either incident.
Earlier Friday evening the IAF fired two missiles at Palestinian rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip shortly after three rockets and 12 mortars were fired towards Israel. The missiles missed the launching squad that was on its way back from firing rockets toward Israel and caused no casualties, Hamas said. Witnesses said they heard two explosions after seeing Israeli helicopters in the area. The army confirmed that aircraft had fired at Palestinian terrorists who launched rockets.
All three rockets landed in the western Negev but the mortar shells failed to reach Israeli territory and instead landed close to the Gaza security fence. One rocket landed south of Ashkelon, the second near a kibbutz close to Sderot and the third in an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. No casualties were reported in any of the attacks.