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| IDF searching for body parts of 6 soldiers killed in Gaza bombing |
| 2004-05-11 |
| JPost - Reg Req’d IDF forces are combing the Zeitun neighborhood in the Gaza Strip for body parts of six soldiers killed Tuesday morning when their armored personnel carrier was struck by a Palestinian explosive device at the end of an operation to seek and destroy arms-manufacturing factories A security official quoted on Army Radio said that Israel will not negotiate for the return of the body parts if they are in fact in the hands of terrorists. great - the The six Givati soldiers were securing engineering corps forces in an operation mounted Monday night in the Zeitoun neighborhood. An army official told Army Radio that the operation had been executed by land forces to avoid harming innocent lives. Earlier Tuesday, foreign affairs and defense committee chairman Dr. Yuval Steinitz had said that Israel’s caution was costing dear lives. True - time to attack a car swarm or two? Send the roaches scurrying with their bloody hands and body parts? A senior army officer told reporters that the armored personnel carrier exploded as troops began to pull out of the area, when it drove over a bomb detonated by terrorists. He said the APC contained 100 kilograms of explosives that were to be used by the soldiers to blow up factories used to manufacture rockets and mortars. The armored vehicle was blown to bits by the force of the blast he said. Due to the denseness of the area and the heavy gunfire, IDF forces were reported having difficulty in evacuating the bodies, prompting the need for reinforcements. IDF forces have isolated the area where the detonation occurred, and are still under heavy Palestinian gunfire. Following the incident, extra troops were deployed in the area and are conducting house to house searches for the soldiers’ body parts as other soldiers set up positions on rooftops. sounds like gunship time - level the area fire’s coming from? I’m sure I’m not the first to think of that, tho’.... The IDF officer was unable to confirm reports by the Hamas, who claim to have in their possession body parts of some of the soldiers and vowed that troops will not leave the area until all the bodies are recovered. He said the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza is a known Hamas and Islamic Jihad stronghold and that the operation to demolish the factories was planned several weeks ago. He noted that the terrorists were prepared and waited for the entry of the troops into the area, something that cannot be avoided as locals spot the entry of tanks and APC’s involved in such operations he said. The Hamas military wing, Izzadin al-Kassam claimed responsibility for the explosion, saying it had filmed Israelis evacuating their casualties from the scene. Al-Arabiya reported that Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, which is affiliated to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, have also claimed responsibility for the bombing of the APC. The army has divided Gaza into three parts, and has closed the Karni-Netzarim road, and the Karni crossing to prevent the passage of Palestinians in and out of the Zeitoun area. Earlier, one soldier was lightly wounded when a bulldozer ran over a mine. The mine was dressed as an ISM activist? According to Palestinian reports seven armed Palestinian gunmen, including a senior Hamas member, were killed. tag em and bag em Some 50 Palestinians were wounded in the fighting, including eight who were in critical condition, Palestinian doctors said. Among the wounded was an 11-year-old boy with a head wound who was placed on life support. IAF helicopters fired missiles into a number of weapons factories in the area used by terrorist organizations to manufacture Kassam rockets and mortars. During the operation 20 factories used to manufacture rockets and mortars were demolished. that’ll hurt the Paleo industrial output figures for the quarter The IDF operation is part of ongoing raids conducted by IDF forces in the Gaza Strip to damage the terrorist infrastructure, which began after the targeted killings of Hamas leaders Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and his successor Abdul Aziz Rantissi. The last operation in the Zeitoun neighborhood was in January, when Shimshon infantry troops killed nine Palestinians in a one-day operation. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 the Paleos have been watching the official conservative Jews who go around after the booming to collect the parts strewn (you've all seen them in photos). The Jews believe it is their duty to bury the bodies as whole as possible, but I don't see bargaining for bits as a viable negotiation. The Paleos totally misunderstand civilized cultures |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-11 11:19:00 AM |
| #1 Here is a main difference between the Jews and the Moslems. The God of the Jews says that in the above circumstance, body parts or no, there is no lessening of those who died, or any rewards in the afterlife. However the god of the Moslems is resolute. Get blown up with pigfat - tough luck. Down to the lower regions you go, with the man with horns and a red suit. Doesn't matter how you lived your life. You are toast. The Australopithecae don't understand this. The IDF would like to have the remains, but it has no effect on the souls of the soldiers. (No - I'm not Jewish, but I sometimes listen to Dennis Prager, and he will give a non-Jew a personal insight into the way Jews view stuff) |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-11 11:15:48 AM |