[Ynet] Paleostinians try to pin kaboom on IDF, claiming it fired tank shells at Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, military post in the southern Gazoo Strip; IDF denies charges; Islamic Jihad turbans likely killed in work accident.Four Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
bad boyz were potted and several other Paleostinians were maimed Saturday afternoon in an kaboom in the southern Gazoo Strip, east of Rafah.
The four were likely killed in a work accident, by either an bomb or a rocket blowing up in their three-wheeled vehicle.
Local residents at the hospital morgue identified the four dead men as members of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad group. Islamic Jihad did not immediately confirm the men were members.
Initially, the Paleostinians tried to pin the incident on the IDF, saying the Israeli army attacked a Hamas position with tank fire.
The IDF denied the claim. "We have no knowledge of any Israeli strike in the area," an IDF spokesperson said.
The incident comes a day after some 10,000 Gazooks gathered at the border with Israel to stage another protest as part of their "March of Return" for a third consecutive week.
The IDF said that a number of protesters attempted to damage and cross security blocks set up ahead of the demonstrations, while others attempted to carry out terror attacks by hurling bombs and Molotov cocktails.
One such bomb planted in the vicinity of the Karni crossing ended up injuring several demonstrators by mistake after detonating prematurely.
The protests included a new method aimed at harming Israel beyond the fence in the form of kites being set alight and flown over the fence onto Israeli territory. A video demonstrating this method was published on Wednesday in a bid to encourage the residents to fly the burning kites into Israel. The video shows a kite landing in Israeli territory and causing a fire to the vegetation fields surrounding a military base, before spreading and promting the arrival of Israeli firefighters.
The soldiers responded with live rounds towards main perpetrators and riot dispersal measures.
A 28-year-old Paleostinian man was killed, while about 30 protesters were maimed by IDF gunfire, the IDF confirmed. Gazoo health officials say 528 Paleostinians were hurt, including 122 by Israeli army fire.
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The group said in a statement that the four died during "preparations," without giving further details. Army Radio reported that the bad boyz were potted while carrying explosives in an all-terrain vehicle, suggesting the blast may have been a "work accident." AFP said they were riding a tuk tuk vehicle which went
kaboom!a few hundred meters from the border with Israel.
The four fatalities were named as Hisham Abdel Al, Elias Al Katrous, Ae’d Al Hamaydeh, and Mohammad Al Krinawi, according to Paleostinian sources.