Seven people are dead in Gaza after a Monday morning IDF operation near Beit Hanoun. The operation targeted Kassam launching squads in the northern part of the Strip after Hamas launched three Kassam rockets into Israel earlier in the morning. One of those killed was an Islamic Jihad terrorist. He had been shooting at troops in the area.Hamas reports four siblings and their mother were also among the dead. An IDF shell hit their home about four hundred meters from where the most intense fighting was going on. The IDF had been targeting Kassam cells in the area that launch rockets into Israel.One Israeli soldier from the Givati unit was wounded after a gun fight with Palestinian near the Erez Crossing. Erez
