IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT
December 19th, 2005

Attack of terror infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip

In response to the continued terror activity originating from the Gaza
Strip, including the firing of projectile rockets at Israeli
communities, the IDF carried out aerial attacks tonight, December 19th
2005, targeting eleven access routes in the northern Gaza Strip.

These access routes are used by terrorists to reach the areas from which
they launch rockets into Israel. The objective of targeting these routes
is to prevent the passage of terrorists to the rocket launching grounds,
and to disrupt the repeated attempts to fire projectile rockets at
Israeli targets.

The IDF will continue to act with determination in order to defend the
citizens of the State of Israel.