Unusual Israeli military activity centering on Gaza Strip

Military police closed some access roads to the Israeli-Gaza border to traffic early Thursday, amid unusual military activity focusing on the enclave, the day after fuel trucks drove through. DEBKAfile: The undisclosed IDF operation may trigger a fresh Palestinian missile barrage, but is not expected to quell the violent disturbances Hamas stages regularly on the Israeli border or stop the arson by incendiary balloons plaguing southern Israel since March.