IDF-PA Clashes in Central Gaza by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

(IsraelNN.com) IDF soldiers carried out counter-terrorist operations in the Gaza town of Al-Bureij throughout the day Thursday. Multiple clashes with local Palestinian Authority
One terrorist wounded in clashes with the IDF was also taken to an Israeli hospital.
gunmen led to light injuries among Israeli forces and to at least two deaths among the enemy.

Unconfirmed reports from the Gaza front indicate that three soldiers were lightly injured in Al-Bureij on Thursday evening. Two of the wounded men were hit by shrapnel from a PA mortar shell, while a third soldier was lightly wounded in an RPG attack. They were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon for treatment.

At least one terrorist wounded in clashes with the IDF was also taken to an Israeli hospital, Be'er Sheva's Soroka Medical Center, for treatment. One PA terrorist was killed while fighting Israeli troops and a 17-year-old was killed earlier in the day when he was hit by an IDF bulldozer. It is unclear at this stage if the teenager was willingly involved in the Gaza violence.

PA attackers in Gaza fired more than a dozen mortar shells at Israeli soldiers and civilians throughout the day Thursday. Nine shells were launched at Israeli towns and IDF positions in the space of one hour in the late afternoon. Two landed near the Kerem Shalom crossing, formerly the main crossing into Gaza, which has been closed due to terrorist threats. Seven shells fell near Jewish communities close to Gaza, including one near Kibbutz Miflasim. In one instance within Gaza, a terrorist cell attempted to launch a mortar attack against soldiers, but the shell landed near Arab houses, missing IDF positions.