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INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC

UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001006 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE AND IPA, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/WATERS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
SUBJECT: GAZA: 4 HAMAS DEAD IN IDF STRIKES; ROCKETS HITS 
SDEROT AS QASSAM FIRE CONTINUES 
 
REF: JERUSALEM 980 AND PREVIOUS 
 
¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY.  AT LEAST 29 QASSAM ROCKETS STRUCK ISRAEL 
FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 LOCAL MAY 30, KILLING AN ISRAELI 
MAN, LIGHTLY INJURING TWO OTHERS, DAMAGING THREE BUILDINGS 
AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES, AND SETTING A WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE. 
 AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING MEMBERS 
IN JABALIYA EARLY MAY 30, THE IDF KILLED TWO HAMAS 
MILITARY-WING FIGHTERS DURING AN ISRAELI INCURSION FROM SUFA 
CROSSING MAY 29, AND A SENIOR HAMAS LEADER DIED OF INJURIES 
SUSTAINED IN A PREVIOUS AIRSTRIKE MAY 27.  THERE WAS MINIMAL 
INTER-FACTIONAL VIOLENCE IN GAZA DURING THIS PERIOD.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
 
QASSAMS ISRAELI MISSILES/RAIDS CONTINUE 
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¶2.  (SBU) FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 MAY 30, AT LEAST 29 QASSAM 
ROCKETS AND 13 IMPROVISED MORTAR ROUNDS STRUCK ISRAEL. 
ROCKETS (MAINLY IN SDEROT) KILLED AN ISRAELI MAN, LIGHTLY 
INJURED TWO OTHERS, DAMAGED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND OTHER 
BUILDING, AND SET FIRE TO A WHEAT FIELD. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING 
MEMBERS IN JABALIYA (NORTHERN GAZA) EARLY MAY 30.  HAMAS 
SPOKESMEN SAID THE IDF KILLED TWO OF THEIR MILITARY-WING 
FIGHTERS DURING AN ISRAELI INCURSION FROM SUFA CROSSING ON 
MAY 29.  EARLY MAY 28, AND IAF AIRSTRIKE HIT AN "EXECUTIVE 
FORCE" (EF) POST IN JABALIYA, INJURING TWO OF THE EF'S 
MEMBERS.  ON MAY 27, SENIOR HAMAS LEADER IMAD SHABANAH DIED 
OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN EARLIER IAF AIRSTRIKE.  HAMAS 
SPOKESMAN ISLAM SHAHWAN TOLD GAZAN JOURNALISTS ON MAY 29 THAT 
THE IAF HAS HIT 14 OF 16 EXECUTIVE FORCE BASES SINCE MAY 13. 
 
MINOR FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES 
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¶4.  (SBU) THERE WAS MINIMAL INTER-FACTIONAL VIOLENCE MAY 
27-30.  HAMAS GUNMEN SHOT AT A FORCE 17 JEEP IN GAZA CITY MAY 
28, DAMAGING THE JEEP BUT CAUSING NO INJURIES.  A PALESTINIAN 
MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTHERN GAZA MAY 27, BUT 
ACCORDING TO SECURITY CONTACTS THE SHOOTING WAS PART OF A 
FAMILY DISPUTE AND UNRELATED TO FATAH-HAMAS VIOLENCE.  THE 
INTERFACTION FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE REPORTED MAY 28 ITS SUCCESS 
IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FATAH AND HAMAS CHECKPOINTS IN GAZA 
CITY AND GENERAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE FACTIONAL CEASEFIRE. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) THREE PIJ MILITANTS DIED IN A MAY 29 EXPLOSION IN 
NUSSAYRAT CAMP IN GAZA CITY.  SECURITY CONTACTS REPORT THE 
EXPLOSION WAS A "WORK ACCIDENT" (PARLANCE FOR MILITANTS 
ACCIDENTALLY BLOWING THEMSELVES UP WHILE BUILDING OR HANDLING 
HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES). 
 
ANOTHER INTERNET CAFE BOMBED 
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¶6. (SBU) THE "SWORDS OF RIGHT" ARE SUSPECTED IN A BOMBING OF 
AN INTERNET CAFE MAY 27.  THE "SWORDS OF RIGHT" AND OTHER 
VIGILANTE CALLS HAVE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED OVER A DOZEN MUSIC 
AND INTERNET SHOPS SINCE APRIL 1, FOR PROFFERING "IMMORAL 
MATERIAL." 
WALLES