Two Soldiers Wounded, Six Palestinians Killed in Central Gaza And A Kassam Lands Meters From Sderot School

In an effort to halt the Kassam rocket attacks and hamper the Gaza terror infrastructure, IDF troops are operating in central Gaza since late Wednesday night. On Thursday a Kassam rocket fell meters from a Sderot school, several pupils were treated for shock. In intense gunbattles that erupted between IDF forces and Palestinian terrorists, at least 6 Palestinians have been killed, the majoriity affiliated with the Popular Resistance Committee and the Islamic Jihad.  An IDF soldier was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded near troops and earlier  a second soldier was lightly wounded during intense gunbattles that erupted between soldiers and terrorists. 12/20/07