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| Three soldiers killed in Netzarim infiltration | |||
| 2003-10-24 | |||
| JPost Reg Req’d Three IDF soldiers were killed and two wounded, one seriously after a terrorist infiltrated an army base in the northern Gaza Strip community of Netzarim before dawn Friday morning. And Arafat will cry for international Two of the soldiers killed were women, and the seriously wounded soldier is also a woman. The male soldier was moderately wounded. The wounded were airlifted to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon for treatment. The identities of the three soldiers killed were released Friday afternoon: Sgt. Sarit Schneor-Sinyor, 19, of Shoham. Sarit will be buried Sunday at 2 PM in the military section of the Ramle cemetery.The male soldier wounded in the attack is recovering after surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his shoulder, and the woman is still undergoing surgery. "She was very seriously wounded, a doctor at the hospital said. At approximately 4:15 AM a terrorist affiliated with Hamas and armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and grenades approached the military base from the south side of the Netzarim community using the darkness and dense mist as cover. The terrorist cut through the fence and headed towards the living quarters housing female soldiers and army drivers. The terrorist entered the female soldiers’ living quarters and in the first room shot and killed Sgt. Adi Osman and wounded a second soldier in the room with her He then continued into the second female soldiers’ room where he killed Sgt. Sarit Shcneor. Female soldiers? what no toddlers and infants and baby ducks available for slaughter? Paleo Pussies The terrorist then left the female quarters and headed towards the drivers quarters where he shot and wounded one of the soldiers as he was standing at the entrance to the complex. At that time Staff-Sgt. Alon Avrahami reached the site and was shot and killed by the terrorist. The terrorist then fled with soldiers from the Shimshon battalion in pursuit. Troops caught up with the terrorist and killed him just tens of meters outside of the community as he was attempting to flee. *bang* - OW! halt! A second terrorist affiliated with the Islamic Jihad who accompanied the other terrorist reached the security fence but when the shooting began he fled back into Gaza, a senior IDF officer told The Jerusalem Post.
Meanwhile the IDF is investigating the charges of Sgt. Adi Osman’s sister Einat who claims that a month ago her sister’s commanding officer demanded that the female soldiers at the base hand over their weapons because of budget cuts. according to Einat the female soldiers did not have weapons at the time of Friday morning’s attack.
Yassin targetted? In a call to the Associated Press, a caller identified the attacker killed by soldiers as Samir Fouda, 21, a Hamas terrorist from Gaza’s Jebaliya refugee camp, and said the other attacker escaped.
The wounded were treated at the site by medics and airlifted to the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon after the heavy fog prevented them from being taken to the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. Netzarim resident Itzik Wazana told the Jerusalem Post that close to 4 they were alerted by a siren and told to remain in their homes, lock the doors and shut lights. "We were told to remain behind locked doors, the medical and emergency response teams were deployed and all the other residents were told to remain inside," he said. "We heard heavy gunfire, and slowly information began to dribble through of the scope of the disaster," he said. Four hours after the attack the residents were permitted to leave their homes after soldiers completed searching the community. The Karni Netzarim road remained closed to traffic. Late Thursday, in another attack, three members of an Israeli settler family traveling in a car were lightly wounded in a roadside shooting in southern Gaza. The three were cut by shattered window glass and suffered other injuries when their car swerved. The army said troops shot and killed the attacker. | |||
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #4 Sgt. Sarit Schneor-Sinyor, 19, of Shoham. Sarit will be buried Sunday at 2 PM in the military section of the Ramle cemetery. Staff-Sgt. Alon Avrahami, 20, from Or Yehuda. Alon will be buried in the military cemetery in Holon at 2 PM. Sgt. Adi Osman, 19, Kfar Saba. Adi was buried in Kfar Saba’s military cemetery Friday afternoon They don't mess around like we do. Name 'em bury 'em, cry, acquire targets. I'm told that giving the names of the victims out ASAP works to dispell anxiety. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-24 4:18:53 PM |
| #3 No alarm systems by that part of the fence AND the women might not have had guns anymore? I think the Commanding Officer might be in trouble. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-10-24 12:09:49 PM |
| #2 One guy cut through a fence of a military outpost and managed to kill 3 people? Sounds like a security problem to me. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-24 11:15:25 AM |
| #1 Killing female soldiers in their sleep. The epitome of Palestinian cowardice. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-10-24 11:07:12 AM |