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| Gazan arrested after infiltrating into Israel with improvised explosive device |
| 2019-03-15 |
| [IsraelTimes] Another Paleostinian armed with a knife detained earlier after crossing border fence, amid heightened tension with coastal enclave. A Paleostinian was jugged Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Thursday after infiltrating into Israel from the Gazoo Strip with an improvised bomb on his person, the Israel Defense Forces said. A similar incident occurred hours earlier, when the military said another Gazook crossed the border fence armed with a knife and was apprehended by soldiers who spotted him near the border fence. In both cases, troops conducted a search and discovered the weapons, after which both suspects were taken for questioning, the army said. The border breaches came amid a period of heightened tensions in the region of the coastal enclave. Last Friday, two Paleostinians, carrying a knife and a hand grenade, infiltrated into Israel from northern Gazoo, prompting a large-scale call-up of security personnel in the area before they were eventually arrested. Paleostinians have been holding weekly border riots as part of what they call the "March of Return" since March 30, 2018. Paleostinians say these protests are typically peaceful in nature and call for their right to return to their family homes in Israel and the West Bank (much of Gazoo’s population is made up of refugees from the 1948 War of Independence and their descendants) and for an end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the enclave, which the two countries say is necessary to prevent terror groups from easily importing weapons and materiel. Israel maintains that the demonstrations are orchestrated by Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,, which vocally supports them, sends free buses to the border and provides food and internet to participants ‐ as well as money for those injured in them ‐ in order to provide a cover for the organization’s nefarious activities along the security fence, including infiltration attempts, the planting of explosives and attacks on Israeli soldiers. IDF Arrests Five Palestinians Who Infiltrated From Gaza [Jpost] The IDF has detained five Palestinians who breached the Gaza security fence and infiltrated into Israel overnight on Thursday, the IDF Spokesman's Unit said in a statement. The incident took place at around 2 a.m. The infiltrators were arrested and taken in for questioning. |
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