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| Breaking on TV: Gaza Explosions kill many Israelis - Hamas and IJ take Credit | |
| 2004-06-27 | |
Militants set off a large explosion Sunday near an Israeli army base in the Gaza Strip, and Al-Jazeera television reported that five soldiers were killed. The Israeli military said there were 20 casualties. The blast apparently was set off by explosives planted in a tunnel dug near the base, said Israeli TV reports and Yeruham Mendola, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom rescue service. "There are a lot of people injured at the scene," said Mendola. At the same time, the base came under fire from mortars and assault rifles, TV reports said. Al-Jazeera television, monitored in Cairo, said five soldiers were killed in the blast. Al-Arabiya reported that six soldiers had been killed and at least 30 people injured. The Israeli military reported 20 casualties but would not say how many were dead and how many wounded. Israel TV's Channel Two reported that Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 Why is it taking Israel 50 years to get rid of bunch of jihadis with nothing but light arms and stones? |
| Posted by: Anonymous5296 2004-06-28 3:46:48 AM |
| #6 "huge trenches filled with water" make that salt water and apply an electric current..... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-06-27 6:39:54 PM |
| #5 The jihadee death cultists are on yet another rampage across the entire Near & Middle East. Israel needs to take very strong counter-terrorist measures, including maybe digging huge trenches filled with water, coupled with the existing national security walls & fences which have been extremely effective in keeping the insane cultists from Israeli soil. What protective actions would any another nation be forced to enact if confronted with mentally unbalanced zombies which sole purpose is a ritual of death & chaos. Those national leaders within the civilized world, still sitting on the political fence, better wake up to the fact 'jihadism' is indeed an alarming dangerous cult which is threatening the very existance of the free world, and treated as such, a cult. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-27 6:02:14 PM |
| #4 I wonder how long it took for the Palestinians to dig this tunnel. I thought the Israelis had seismic detectors to keep tabs on this kind of thing. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-06-27 4:50:57 PM |
| #3 Fox sez reports are conflicting, but either one or none killed, 5 injured is what they have now. Of course, by now, Al Aribiya and Al Jizz will have it at 10 KIA / 50 WIA and Sharon resigning himself to dhimmitude. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-27 4:32:01 PM |
| #2 Gaza sees the attention Nablus got and sez: "Hey! Hey! We need attention too! Whack us! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-27 3:59:47 PM |
| #1 From the newswires: Around 30 Casualties in Attack on Israeli Army Post (12 minutes ago Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!) GAZA (Reuters) - A blast by Palestinian militants under an Israeli military post in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) on Sunday caused about 30 casualties, rescue workers said. It was not immediately clear how many were killed or wounded in the blast, caused when Palestinian militants detonated explosives in a tunnel dug under an Israeli military post in the southern Gaza Strip. Scores of soldiers were trapped in the rubble, rescue workers said. Classic mining operation. Pretty impressive, overall. Tough for the Israelis and a one-time- only success for the Palestinians, but impressive nonetheless. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-06-27 3:55:10 PM |