IDF Kills 4 Terrorists in Gaza

While the political echelon is regularly engaged in undermining Israel's security, the IDF is essentially a separate operation with a very right-wing mandate, and one which has been quite successfully discharged:

At least four Palestinians were killed by the IDF in two separate incidents in Gaza on Monday.

The IAF said it targeted rocket launching squads in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun. According to Palestinian sources, at least two operatives were killed and three other Palestinians were wounded.

In another incident, two armed Palestinians were killed near the Erez crossing after they attempted to lay explosive devices in the area.

Earlier on Monday, several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the western Negev....

On Sunday, the IDF killed three Palestinians in counter-terror operations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. A member of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarm was killed by an undercover Border Police unit and another wanted man was wounded when the pair tried evading capture....

The Border Police unit was involved in a gun battle against what police said were members of the Fatah-affiliated organization. One operative, Muhammad Kuzah, was killed. Police said that Kuzah was involved in a number of shooting incidents in the Tulkarm area and had planted what they described as "very strong explosive devices" targeting Israelis.

Israel is now negotiating with Fatah to hand over territory in exchange for a pledge of peace, probably identical to the ones pledged at previous signing ceremonies.