A Shin Bet report says there was a 54 percent increase in terror during the month of April. The Jerusalem Post describes last month’s sobering statistics:
In April there were a total of 205 terror attacks in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, compared with 133 in March. While no Israelis were killed in either month, 10 were wounded in April, compared with 11 in March.
In what Israel had hoped would be a period of calm and mutual faith-building measures that would allow Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to strengthen his control over the terrorists, there were an average of 55 daily warnings in April of planned attacks, compared with 41 in March. On Tuesday, 52 terror alerts were recorded, officials said….
Additional details revealed in the report showed a sharp rise in the number of Kassam rocket and mortar shell attacks in April, with Palestinians firing 12 Kassam rockets compared to five in the previous month and 57 mortar shells compared to 10 in March. There were a total of 71 shooting and 17 bomb attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in April compared with 55 shooting and nine bomb attacks in the previous month.
No wonder the latest Palestinian threats that the hudna is “close to collapse” ring hollow.
