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| Clash on Syrian- Israeli border: Israel kills infiltrator, captures Syrian soldier |
| 2003-01-08 |
| Israeli troops killed an armed man, likely a Syrian soldier, who tried to infiltrate into Israel from the meeting point of the Syrian, Jordanian and Israeli borders in the southern occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, Israeli media reports said. Israeli troops injured another man in this incident and were reported to search for at least three other infiltrators. The captured infiltrator was wearing a Syrian army uniform, Israeli reports said. Maybe he just picked it up at a Syrian Army surplus store? According to Israel Radio, shortly after 1:30 P.M. (11:30GMT) Israeli soldiers in an observation point spotted two men crossing into Israel from Syria. An Israeli group of soldiers was sent out to intercept the infiltrators. In the ensuing gunbattle one of the infiltrators was killed and a second was wounded and then captured. A third armed man who remained on the Syrian side of the border opened fire on the Israeli troops before fleeing into Syria. The Israeli radio said the man arrived at a Syrian post and tried to call on Syrian troops to come out, however, they remained at their posts. "Help, help, the jews are shooting at me!" "Screw you, we're staying put. You started it, you finish it." Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli chief of staff, said that the identity of the gunmen was unclear. "Maybe Syrian, maybe Hizbulla, who cares? They ain't coming thru here!" |
| Posted by:Steve |