(IsraelNN.com) The attack on a Hamas position in Khan Yunis Wednesday afternoon which killed two was the first implementation of a new IDF policy regarding the Gaza terrorists. Military sources told Maariv/NRG that from now on, the IAF will attack a random Hamas target in Gaza every time a mortar shell or rocket hits an Israeli community, and will no longer limit itself to striking the terrorists who launched the rockets. They said that the IDF has now established that Hamas is behind all of the terror emanating from Gaza and will thus retaliate against Hamas targets regardless of which organization takes credit for terror attacks.

After a salvo of mortar shells landed near the security fence near Nahal Oz at around 3 P.M. Wednesday, IAF aircraft retaliated by attacking a Hamas position in southern Gaza. Gaza Arabs said one of those killed in the IAF strike today was Rami Abu-Rus, who is active in Hamas. At least 10 people were wounded in the blast.

For months, the IDF's policy has been to try to strike terrorists in the act of firing rockets, or immediately before or after launching them. Strikes on terrorists in the act of firing at Israeli civilians were called off if they entailed a danger of hurting non-combatants. This policy caused great frustration among the victims of the Gaza terrorists, many of whom felt that the government prefers the enemies' lives over their own.

6,288 rockets in six years

Gaza terror squads fired one rocket and five mortar shells at Israeli civilians Wednesday morning. The rocket exploded in a kibbutz in the western Negev, causing no casualties. One mortar shell hit a chicken coop in an agricultural community in the area, causing some damage but no casualties. Two additional mortars were fired in the evening, exploding near the security fence and hurting no one.

The counter at the Committee for Secure Sderot website currently shows 6,288 rocket attacks from Gaza in the past six years...