High alert

      An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and two others were lightly wounded Wednesday morning in clashes with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip An IDF source said Wednesday that the soldier, 21-year-old Staff Sargeant Sayaf Bisan from the Druze village of Kfar Jat, was killed during a routine IDF operations against the Palestinian terror infrastructure. IDF troops shot and killed two militants during the exchange of gunfire. The wounded soldiers, from the Egoz reconnaissance unit of the Golani Infantry Brigade, were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva for treatment. Also on Wednesday, four mortar shells struck Kibbutz Ein Hasholsha in the western Negev near the border with the Gaza Strip. No damages or injuries were reported. On Tuesday, soldiers from the Givati Infantry Brigade and the Armored Corps killed three Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip, and managed to locate a tunnel meant for smuggling guns, militants, and other contraband into Israel. Also, police in Jerusalem went on high alert Wednesday, after receiving warning that a terrorist had infiltrated the capital. The alert was lifted by early afternoon, police said, without providing further details. While the alert was in effect, police beefed up security checks at the entrance to the city, and special patrol units were deployed in and around Jerusalem, police said. The Israeli rescue service said it raised its alert in the Jerusalem area to its highest level, doubling the number of staff and ambulances on call.(13,52)