Four Palestinian terror groups mark the New Year by announcing end of purported de facto ceasefire in attacks on Israel
They are Fatah-al Aqsa Brigades, Jihad Islami, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Hamas Ezz a-Din al Qassam.
debkafile adds: Before these announcements, 50 terrorist alerts, 10 specific, kept Israeli security on high alert over the weekend. The Israeli air force enforced its no-go zone in the northern Gaza Strip Saturday night by striking a missile crew on the point of launching another of the almost daily Qassam firings into Israel. Two crewmen were killed.
Early Sunday, masked Palestinians blew up the UN club bar in Gaza City Sunday, up the security guard, a day after three British hostages were freed by Palestinian gunmen. The bar was almost the only place in Gaza that sold alcohol. Most of foreign staff have left the territory for fear of kidnapping.