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Hamas frees 3 Italians suspected of being IDF soldiers
[Ynet] Italian security guards at their country's embassy in Israel held for two days of questioning in Gazoo after they were chased into a UNESCO building in Gazoo when they refused to stop at a Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, checkpoint.Hamas on Tuesday night released three Italian security guards held for two days at the UNESCO offices in the Gazoo Strip on suspicion of being part of an IDF undercover force. The three were freed following intervention by the Italian ambassador to Israel. The men, who were armed, entered the Strip to prepare for a visit of Italian Ambassador to Israel Gianluigi Benedetti on Wednesday. The guards, who were driving a vehicle with diplomatic plates, refused to stop at a Hamas checkpoint inside Gazoo. Hamas gunnies then shot up the vehicle and gave chase to the UNESCO offices in the Strip, where the Italians sought refuge. Once the guards were inside, the Hamas men besieged the UNESCO offices. A team of Paleostinian Sherlocks then entered the building in order to question the men, whom Hamas suspected to be part of a special undercover IDF force. Only after Benedetti had spoken with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh  ...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank..., confirming the men were Italian nationals, did the terror organization agree to release them. In November, an IDF special forces mission in Gazoo was discovered by the Paleostinians. The subsequent exchange of fire led to the death of IDF Lt. Col. M. and another round of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-17 |
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