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| IDF foils attacks in West Bank and Gaza; five Palestinians said killed |
| 2004-08-07 |
| The Israel Defense Forces has foiled a number of planned and attempted attacks on Israeli targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported Saturday. In the West Bank, close to the city of Tul Karm, troops arrested four militants, three from Hamas and a fourth from the Fatah-linked Tanzim, the report said. Military sources told the radio that during a raid at the home of one of the detainees, troops found 19 pipe bombs, IDF uniforms and a range of weaponry. The sources also said that the arrests had likely prevented infiltrations and attacks at Israeli communities. Overnight Friday, an IDF unit thwarted an attack close to the Rafiah Yam settlement in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday, the radio reported. Two of the would-be attackers were killed by nearby troops, bringing to five the number of Palestinians killed by IDF troops over the weekend. The two were killed after IDF soldiers at a post adjacent to the settlement opened fire on a group of Palestinians spotted while preparing to fire an anti-tank missile, the report said. Immediately after opening fire, troops heard a loud blast apparently caused by the missile and launcher exploding. Other militants wounded in the incident were evacuated by Palestinian ambulances. On Friday night, IDF soldiers shot at four armed Palestinians who crossed the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip, close to the Sufa crossing, killing one. Another man was detained for questioning, while two others escaped. Early Friday, a Palestinian man was killed while attempting to carry out a terror attack in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip. Soldiers fired at two Palestinian men crawling toward the fence around Gush Katif, killing one. The second suspect escaped. In searches conducted Friday morning, troops found an explosive device weighing 40 kilograms next to the dead suspect. His body was later handed over to the Palestinian Authority, Army Radio said. Also Friday, a Hamas member suspected in carrying out a number of shooting attacks was killed by troops near the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Another suspected militant was detained. Naval fleet troops also detained Tanzim activist Samah Barghuti on Friday morning in Ramallah on suspicion of murdering Moshe Yohai in late June. Yohai, 63, from Ashdod, was shot once in the chest while driving his truck through a section of the West Bank off-limits to Israelis by IDF order. He had been there for business purposes. His body was found in the village of Beit Rima, north of Ramallah. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #1 jeez! What timing! Here I was getting down about a no-good-news Saturday, and the Paleos volunteer up to make me happy! Who'da guessed it? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-07 5:49:22 PM |