Six IDF Soldiers Injured In Jihadist Mortar Attack On Base

Not good. Six Israeli soldiers of the IDF at a base in Nahal Oz were injured, one critically, after Gaza-based jihadists launched a mortar attack on the base.

Here's the complete article from The Jerusalem Post:

6 soldiers hurt in mortar shell attack

Six IDF soldiers were wounded after Palestinian terrorists fired mortar shells at an IDF base in Nachal Oz on Friday evening. The soldiers were taken to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, Israel Radio reported.

One soldier was suffering shrapnel wounds to the head and was in critical condition. The other five were lightly hurt and their lives were not in danger.
One shell landed inside the base, while two others landed in open fields.
Two additional shells landed in the area of a nearby kibbutz, but additional no casualties or damage were reported.

This is further testament that more and more weapons have been flowing into Gaza. Unless I am mistaken, I cannot remember the last time there was word of a "mortar" attack from Gaza - typically it's the home-made crude rockets the palis hoodwink together in the basement of their huts.

This mortar attack is going to be seen as highly effective by Hamas and Islamic Jihad and will ensure more of these types of attacks. In the past few weeks, several Israeli ministers have been calling for an operation into Gaza to clean out some of these scum from near the border - I concur with that idea.