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IAF planes struck a Kassam rocket launcher in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening,hours after two incidents of gunfire and mortar shell fire were reported against IDF troops in the area. The strike was the first of the kind since Israel unilaterally implement a cease-fire at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday.Earlier in the day, Gaza gunmen fired at IDF patrols in two separate incidents that marked the first violations of the cease-fire declared Sunday by Hamas.No one was wounded and no damage was reported in the two incidents, which took place near the Kissufim border crossing, in central Gaza, and in southern Gaza.IDF troops returned fire following one of the attacks.Earlier Tuesday, security forces backtracked on their report that Gaza terrorists had fired a mortar shell at southern Israel.Police had first reported Tuesday morning that at least one shell had hit the Sdot Negev region.The IDF said later that a warning siren that went off was a false alarm. Meanwhile, the IDF was preparing to withdraw its remaining troops from Gaza. Defense officials estimated that the army would pull the troops out by the time Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday.AP contributed to this report
By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF
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