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| Paleo Roundup: Cause/Effect strikes again |
| 2004-06-09 |
| JPost Reg Req’d Palestinians claim a Hamas member was killed by IDF gunfire near Beit Hanun in the north Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon. Officers said an anti-tank rocket and light weapons were fired at soldiers deployed near the north Gaza security fence not far from the Palestinian town. Soldiers returned fire and confirmed hitting someone, but officers said they could not clarify if the dead person was in fact a Hamas member. Palestinian reports identified the dead man as Walid Ashour, and said several other Palestinians were wounded in the attack. Near Jericho, security forces blew up a Palestinian taxi and arrested three Palestinians, the driver and two passengers, after soldiers who stopped the car for inspection at a roadblock discovered a bag containing 100 bullets, IDF uniforms, and a box containing suspect wires. Soldiers fearing the car was rigged with explosives blew it up, two of the Palestinians were later released. Special Border Police units operating in Hares northwest of Hebron discovered 400 rifle bullets hidden inside a pillow thrown out of the window by a Palestinian on spotting security forces. Searching his home, security forces discovered additional rifle bullets, face masks, and fake Israeli identity cards. The Palestinian was arrested and handed over to the Shin Bet for questioning. During the operation shots were fired at troops, there were no reports of casualties. Elsewhere in the West Bank, soldiers arrested 14 Palestinian fugitives. One soldier was lightly wounded during the arrest of four Islamic Jihad fugitives in Jenin. During the raid, security forces found in one of the suspect’s home a Kalashnikov rifle and ammunition clips. The army later identified two of the fugitives as senior Islamic Jihad leaders Ayoub Hamaisa and Ihab Sa’adi. Palestinians reported that Sa’adi’s wife was arrested by security forces last year. Four fugitives were caught in the Ramallah area, and five near Bethlehem. Late Tuesday night, the air force shelled a Hamas weapons storehouse in Gaza City. During the day, shots were fired at IDF posts in Ganei Tal in Gush Katif and near Kfar Darom in south Gaza. In the afternoon, troops detonated a bomb placed by Palestinians near Rafah. Shots were also fired at an IDF patrol near the north Gaza security fence makeshift attacks by simpletons - more targetted assassinations, please |
| Posted by:Frank G |