The Israel Air Force struck on Wednesday night a terror target operating in the northern Gaza Strip and planning attacks against Israel.
The IDF with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Service) coordinated the strike targeting Jihad Salafist operative Mohammed Adwar, stated IDF spokesman Peter Lerner. Adwar was also being employed by the Hamas police force in Gaza.
Palestinian media sources have reported a casualty from in the strike, according to Israel Radio.
The IDF spokesman also stated that Adwar was targeted by Israeli forces in a "preemptive strike." The IDF reported that the action prevented Adwar and the Jihadist elements he worked with from realizing their intentions to carry out terrorist plans aimed at Israel. One such plan included the targeting of an Israeli helicopter with anti-aircraft rockets.
Adwar was involved in the rocket attacks on April 21 which which targeted Sderot and other southern Israeli communities.
Wednesday's airstrike came after a rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip earlier the same day.
Israel made clear that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would be held responsible for such attacks in the wake of the Fatah-Hamas unity agreement.