Report that Hamas arrested PFLP terrorists who shot mortars

Palestine Press Agency reports that Hamas arrested five members of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, after they fired mortar shells at Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip.

Sources told the agency that Hamas security arrested a number of PFLP members in northern Gaza in their homes after they fired shells to commemorate the twelfth anniversary of "martyrdom" of Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP secretary general who was killed by the IDF on August 27, 2001.

The sources further said that the Hamas security forces raided about 12 houses belonging to Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades members.

The Mustafa Brigades web page confirms the raids.

The Gaza NGO Safety Office reports "27 AUG: Overnight, Pal. ops. fired 2 rockets from GC and MA toward the Green Line; 1 rocket exploded prematurely."