(Jerusalem Post) - Margot Dudkevitch Sheikh Muhammad Taha, 65, one of the co-founders of Hamas, was among six Hamas fugitives arrested by soldiers during a raid on the El-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. Hours after the troops pulled out of the camp, at least two Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot. One landed near the backyard of two homes and one or two others in open areas. Brig.-Gen. Gadi Shamni said the rockets were fired from the Beit Hanoun-Jabalya area. "The PA is doing nothing to prevent the firing of rockets, and that is the reason the army is forced to move against the threat," he said. The Taha clan is responsible for "bomb attacks, Kassam attacks, planning and dispatching terrorists, and incitement," Shamni said. As troops prepared to arrest members of the Taha family and blow up their home, they were confronted with fierce opposition, as gunmen fired automatic weapons and RPGs, hurled grenades, and detonated seven bombs, one containing 100 kilograms of explosives.
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