Palestinians fired a Kassam rocket at the Sderot area in the early hours on Monday morning, just as Israel was completing its final withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The rocket landed in an open area, and no one was wounded in the attack, Israel Radio reported. OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Dan Harel called the attack a disruption of the Palestinians' commitment to ensure security. He emphasized that the IDF would not search out the terrorist or group responsible for the Kassams, but instead would place the responsibility on the Palestinian Authority.
Interestingly enough, the Palestinian Authority boycotted the Gaza handover ceremony because Israel did not destroy the synagogues in Gaza.
Following Sunday's cabinet decision against the demolition of synagogues, a Palestinian Authority official declared that the PA intended to destroy all the synagogues.
All remaining buildings in the evacuated settlements will be destroyed except for the hothouses, Palestinian Interior Ministry spokesman Tawfiq Abu Khoussa said. The PA – who claimed that the Gaza synagogues symbolized Israel's occupation – boycotted the ceremony marking the handover of the Gaza Strip earlier on Sunday, in what was widely viewed as a protest against the cabinet's decision.
The Jerusaelm Post is carrying a more in depth article on the PA boycott of the Gaza handover and Debkafile is carrying a rather cynical story on how it came about that the Sharon government opted against having the IDF destroy the synagogues in Gaza contrary to a high court ruling earlier in the week that supported the Israeli government's inital decision to destroy the synagogues.
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