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| Middle East: Rockets strike Israel from Gaza after West Bank killing |
| 2008-12-17 |
| (AKI) - Palestinian militants belonging to the al-Quds Brigades in Gaza launched four Qassam rockets and a mortar shell against Israel on Tuesday in response to a targeted assassination of one of their leaders in the West Bank by Israeli forces on Monday. The rocket attacks, which take place only two days before the end of an Egyptian-mediated six-month truce between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, landed in an open field in the Eshkol area in the Western Negev desert, causing no casualties. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has ordered Gaza's border crossings closed on Tuesday, citing security concerns. The rocket attack against Israel takes place after the Israeli army allegedly assassinated 23 year-old Ameen Jihad Nawahda, a leader of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the northern West Bank village of al-Yamoon, near Jenin late on Monday. Palestinian media say Nawahda was a 'wanted' militant. Palestinian news agency Maan says that witnesses saw Nawahda walking near a municipal building when he was approached by undercover Israeli officers travelling in a white car. Six men then jumped from the car and opened fire, injuring Nawahda, who collapsed but was still alive. The undercover Israeli troops then pulled Nawahda inside the car, killed him, and threw him from the vehicle. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 As the whistle blows to end the ceasefire, the Perfidious Jews take an early 1-0 lead. Hey, if the rocketry is not working for ya, try throwing some shoes. Better to display some pointless symbolism than demonstrate your lack of martial skillz. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-12-17 10:06 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-17 09:41 |
| #1 Woulda loved to have seen that asphalt bounce. heh |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-12-17 07:37 |