Gaza-based terror organizations announced they would initiate a 24-hour cease-fire on Monday morning to mark the Moslem holiday of Id al-Fitr. However, on Monday afternoon, a large barrage of rockets was fired at Israeli cities and four IDF soldiers were killed and many more wounded by a mortar round which landed amidst them at their staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip. Another soldier was killed when an anti-tank missile hit the bulldozer he was manning. In the evening, an attempt by terrorist commandos to infiltrate Kibbutz Nahal Oz through an attack tunnel was broken up by the quick reaction of IDF troops in the area, resulting in the deaths of five soldiers and at least one terrorist. Read More
