IDF forces are on high alert in anticipation of a possible Hamas retaliation for the death of its slain commander Mazen Fuqaha.

Dozens of former Palestinian security prisoners released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal are trying to form new terrorist cells in Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, with the purpose of carrying out suicide attacks against Israelis.

In a pre-dawn airstrike on Thursday, three top Hamas commanders were killed by an Israeli strike on a four-story building near Rafah in southern Gaza.

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) obstructed a plan by Hamas to begin a new Intifada and to carry out a coup in the PA-administered areas.

Since the recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, Hamas has intensified the indoctrination of hate and murder among Palestinian Arab children.

Last week’s Hamas kidnapping of three teens follows dozens of attempts to kidnap innocent Israelis.