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Two paleos deaded; Film at eleven!
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in an off-limits military zone between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian security sources and the military said. Soldiers guarding the militarized border zone shot two men crawling inside the prohibited area about 100 meters from the border fence which separates Gaza from the nearby Kibbutz of Nahal Oz, the army said. The pair were carrying two Kalashnikov assault rifles, 10 hand grenades and a pipe bomb and apparently were attempting to cross the fence to attack the farming community, the military said.In a statement faxed to The Associated Press in Gaza, the violent military wing of the radical Islamic group Hamas together with a smaller armed militant group said they dispatched the two men to the area and that they battled with soldiers before being shot dead. The two men were identified as Mohammed Haboush, 20, of Hamas and Saed Mraesh, 20, from a small Gaza militant group called the Ahmed Abu al-Resh Brigades. The Hamas statement said video footage showing a gun battle between the men and the soldiers would be released later. Palestinian militants have repeatedly approached the Gaza fence to clash with soldiers, attempt to cross into Israel and occasionally to observe and gather information on activity at military posts for future attacks. Note the phrasing here which studiously avoids stating the truth which is that the Gaza fence works and the paleos almost never get past it. Posted by: Phil B 2004-03-13 |
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