GAZA CITY - Palestinian security forces in Gaza prevented a cell of militants from firing mortar shells into southern Israel late Tuesday, seizing their weapons, a Palestinian security source told AFP. "Members of the security forces in northern Gaza stopped militant group from firing three mortar shells into Israel," the source said. Following a heated argument with the militants, the forces confiscated the weapons and the cell left, he said.| Guess it was too much to ask the 'security forces' to detain the miscreants. |
Earlier Tuesday, top Palestinian and Israeli officials agreed to extend the deployment of Palestinian security forces to several flashpoint areas in southern Gaza with the aim of also preventing attacks in the south. By Thursday, troops are expected to be operating in the areas of Khan Yunis and Rafah from where militant groups have frequently fired rockets at Israeli targets.