[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - In the past week, close to 160 Kassam rockets and 70 mortar shells were fired at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli defense officials said. A defense official added that the army was under orders to "deepen" its operations inside Gaza in an effort to stop the rocket fire. On Saturday, IDF troops followed that order and operated more than five kilometers inside Gaza, arresting four armed Hamas operatives in Jabalya, the launch pad for numerous rockets in recent days. On Saturday in Gaza City's Sajaiya neighborhood, an Israel air force missile struck a car loaded with weapons and Kassam rockets, wounding the car's occupants.
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