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Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Suspected Smugglers Heading To Gaza; Four Said Wounded
[Ynet] Naval troops said they heard secondary kabooms after the fired on the two boats sailing from Sinai to Strip.Israeli naval troops in the Mediterranean Sea opened fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning on suspected Paleostinian smugglers travelling in two boats from Sinai to the Gazoo Strip. The Paleostinians said that four people on the boats had been maimed. It is not clear what exactly the boats were carrying, but the IDF said that the boats were damaged, and that they had heard secondary kabooms after they had opened fire. During the incident, gunnies on the Gazoo coast opened fire on the Israeli vessels. There were no injuries to the Israeli troops, who returned fire. The incident occurred at around 3 am, several hundred meters from the Gazoo coastline. Soldiers from a nearby naval base were patrolling the area when they noticed two small boats making their way back from the Sinai coast to southern Gazoo. The IDF is still unclear as to what the boats were carrying, but the secondary kabooms have raised suspicions that the two vessels were carrying weapons. The IDF called the incident a thwarted smuggling attempt, and that the troops had followed the necessary procedures as part of routine security and enforcement of the naval blockade on the Gazoo Strip. This is the second incident of this kind in a week. In the previous incident, gunnies fired at naval ships at sea; there were no casualties. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-03-26 |
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