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| Paleos ask for A**kicking: IDF soldier killed by Fatah in Jenin ambush |
| 2003-09-04 |
| JPost - Reg Req’d An IDF soldier was shot dead Thursday by Palestinian gunman from the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, affiliated with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, near the West Bank city of Jenin. The soldier was later identified as 20-year-old Sergeant Gabriel Uziel from Givat Ze’ev. He was laid to rest Thursday evening at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. Family and friends remembered his warm nature and friendship while they mourned him bitterly. In the early morning attack, Palestinian gunmen ambushed a group of IDF soldiers patrolling the West Bank city. A doctor summonsed to the site pronounced the soldier dead shortly after he was shot. IDF forces deployed at the site are searching for the perpetrators. Israel Radio reported earlier in the day that both the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah, and the Islamic Jihad’s ’Al-Quds Brigades’ claimed responsibility. Also Thursday an IDF officer was lightly injured in a shooting attack at the Girit outpost near the border with Egypt in the Gaza Strip. In recent days there has been an increase in shooting attacks between Palestinian terrorists and IDF forces operating in the north Samaria area, where they have arrested wanted Palestinians involved in terrorist activities. The officer was treated at the site and was then taken to Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva. Earlier in the day, an IDF unit from the Golani brigades arrested an Islamic Jihad terrorist Thursday morning in Jenin during counter-terror operations in the West Bank city. According to reports, the terrorist was in the closing stages of carrying out a suicide bombing in Israel. An exchange of gunfire occurred during the arrest. An IDF force arrested a Hamas terrorist in Nablus on the West Bank on Thursday morning. Security officials said the terrorist, Muhammad Utman, 20, was planning to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel within the next few days. The security establishment has registered 37 terror attack warnings per day. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #4 guess we can blame this death on Saddam loyalists, .. Try the Bush administration. Coercing, expecting, admonishing Israel to refrain from totally crushing Arafat and his terrorist cohorts is what has contributed to the current situation. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-5 12:35:15 AM |
| #3 guess we can blame this death on Saddam loyalists, arent they responsible for everything that is wrong this days. I thought i heard Bush say that the route to peace in Palestine-Israel goes through Baghdad, guess not. It is land for peace or peace for land not bombs over Baghdad for peace in Israel. 2years from now we will still be witnessing suicide bombing and then no one is gonna blame it on alleged Saddam loyalists. |
| Posted by: steveerossa 2003-9-5 12:01:32 AM |
| #2 Iraq-stomping should have reduced miltant cash flow into the area. Lighting up Beka with the MOAB may be the necessary step. I would try to hack the vine with a machete rather than just pick the ripe fruit. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-4 9:34:10 PM |
| #1 I hope that the IDF keeps the gloves off and continues hammering terrorist leaders. Also, if a car gets hit by a hellfire, keep the place hot so nobody can get around the car, so it sits for a while in the sun for everyone to see. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-4 7:20:25 PM |