B’chasdei Hashem there are no injuries reported in a bomb attack directed against an IDF patrol operating along the southern Gaza border fence in the area of Kerem Shalom. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning 6 Menachem Av 5772.

An IDF patrol in an armored vehicle was patrolling the fence, a patrol that seeks to distance terrorists from the border fence who might otherwise place explosive devices in the area. As one of these patrols passed, a “powerful explosive device” was detonated but baruch Hashem the vehicle’s armor plating withstood the blast and protected the soldiers inside.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)