According to IDF officials, 2 Palestinians were placing a suspicious object on the road, thought to be placing a bomb, the soldiers fired on the 2 Palestinians wounding one of them who later died of his wounds. The object was later discovered as a mock-bomb. October 23: IDF kills leading militant Louie Sa'adi on a raid in Tul Karem, a Palestinian city in the West Bank. Sa'adi is a senior Islamic Jihad member responsible for several militant attacks on Israel. A second armed militant, a senior Fatah member was also killed during the operation. October 26: 5 Israelis killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing in Hadera's open-air market. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for the killing of Louie Sa'adi, an Islamic Jihad commander who was killed during an operation by IDF forces on October 23. It is the first suicide bombing in Israel since August 28 when a suicide bombing wounded 20 in Be'er Sheva's central bus station. October 27: Following an attack of IAF aircraft in Gaza, two Palestinian militants who belong to the Islamic Jihad organization and 5 civilians were killed. The attack was part of an Israeli operation in the West Bank and Gaza, against militant infrastructure, mainly the Islamic Jihad, who were responsible for the suicide bombing in Hadera the day before.IDF also deployed forces near the Gaza strip in preparation for a possible launch of Qassam rockets into Israel following the attack. December December 5 -Third HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: A suicide bomber killed himself and at least five Israelis in a shopping mall in Netanya. Both Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. In a phone call to the Associated Press, Islamic Jihad identified the bomber as Lotfi Abu Saada, from the village of Illar between the West Bank towns of Tulkaram and Jenin. See also Israel-Gaza conflict References 2005 in Israel 2005 in the Palestinian territories Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2005 2005 2005 Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2005 2005