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| "Hudna" Ceasefire? IDF patrols attacked in Tulkarm, Kedeem |
| 2003-08-05 |
| JPost - Reg Req’d Two IDF patrols were attacked with automatic weapons and explosives this evening in Tulkarm and Keedem, a military source told The Jerusalem Post. "Paratroopers and border police were entering Tulkarm to arrest a senior member of the Islamic Jihad terror group. As our forces approached the house of the wanted man they were attacked with automatic weapons. The arrest was made and our troops arrived back to their base without injury," the source said. The spokesperson said that a few hours earlier an explosive device was thrown at another IDF anti-terror patrol in Tulkarm. No injuries were reported. The shootings come just hours before some 399 Palestinian prisoners are to be released by Israel on Wednesday. ...As a trust/confidence building measure....the U.S. State Dept acts like a battered wife to the Paleo Authority and Arafart himself |
| Posted by:Frank G |