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Mideast: Gazan deaths on Egyptian border stoke tensions
[ADN Kronos] Israeli soldiers on Friday killed two Palestinians near the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Gaza. The men approached the fence on the Gaza-Egypt border, prompting Israeli defence forces to cross the fence and shoot dead the two Palestinians after a gunfight, according to Israeli media.The alleged militants, whose identity has not been released, are said to have been wearing flak jackets and carrying hand grenades as well as two AK-47 rifles, the IDF said in a statement on their website. The army also said it recovered a homemade bomb, apparently intended to be set off along a nearby road patrolled by the IDF. Also on Friday, the military wing of the Fatah movement, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for firing two rocket-propelled grenades towards an Israeli military jeep before clashing with the army, Palestinian news agency Maan said. According to a statement by the brigades, the attack was "in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip." The incident takes place a day after six Gazans were injured in Israeli military operations, which followed the launching of two homemade Qassam rockets towards Israeli towns in the past three days. The Kerem Shalom crossing, located at the Gaza-Egypt border has been used for the delivery of humanitarian supplies from Egypt. Posted by: Fred 2009-05-23 |
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