(Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center) The last round of escalation in Gaza ended with negative results for the Palestinian terrorist organizations. Israel prevented a terrorist attack on the Israeli-Egyptian border with the targeted killing of Popular Resistance Committees commanders. The rockets fired from Gaza were relatively ineffective and caused relatively few civilian casualties despite their exceptionally large number, especially with the success of the Iron Dome aerial defense system in intercepting and destroying rockets. There was a relatively large number of casualties among the terrorist organizations, especially Palestinian Islamic Jihad, compared with the small number of civilian bystander casualties. Of the 20 terrorists killed by IDF fire, 14 belonged to the PIJ (the other six belonged mainly to the PRC). All of these contributed to the terrorist organizations' sense that they had lost the last round of escalation.
2012-03-28 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive