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| Six Palestinians killed by IDF fire in Gaza in 24 hours |
| 2002-12-12 |
| Five unarmed Palestinians were killed by IDF fire as they tried to cross the security fence into Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday. The Palestinians were killed by a tank shell as they attempted to scale the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, but their bodies were only found during a search Thursday. "An army force identified several suspicious figures crawling towards the border fence near the Karni border crossing overnight," said an IDF source. "This area is barred to Palestinian traffic and there were specific warnings that an infiltration attempt would be carried out in this area.They were found with ladders, apparently having planned to get over the border fence, but no weapons were found," said the source. No Trespassing, and we mean you! Border Police members foiled an attempt Thursday morning by two armed Palestinians to infiltrate the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, killing one of the men, Israel Radio reported. Apparently, troops saw two Palestinians wearing flackjackets and carrying weapons in the area of the settlements Katif and Netzer Hazani. One of the men was cutting the fence, and troops fired at him. The army found an automatic weapon and several hand grenades on the body. Yup, that's a palestinian! At least, what's left of one. "The forces fired on him and killed him... The other one was apparently behind and managed to flee," said IDF commander Lieutenant Colonel Avi Oved. "Their goal was definitely to get into one of the settlements." The two were armed with automatic rifles, he said. The other infiltrator fled back to the town of Khan Yunis. Exit stage left, hauling ass all the way. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attempted infiltration, saying it was marking the 35th anniversary of its founding. Happy anniversary, MFer's! |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Funny, I thought they were supposed to martyr themselves. Running away doesn't fulfill that purpose. |
| Posted by: Meryl Yourish 2002-12-12 23:06:52 |