Gaza border closures continue amid threat of retaliatory attack
The IDF arrest of the Islamic Jihad's West Bank leader earlier this week prompted the high security alert in Israel's south amid concerns of retaliatory rocket or anti-tank fire. The Gaza periphery area has effectively been in a lockdown for the past three days -- as major roads in the region that are exposed to the strip were closed, train service halted; public bus routes altered and residents of Gaza border communities instructed to remain near their homes or protected spaces. According to (Ret.) Major General Yaakov Amidror, a former national security advisor and head of research in IDF…
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