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Israel-Palestine
4 Fatah terrorists killed in Nablus strike
2004-05-02
JPost Reg Req’d
The IDF confirmed Sunday the targeting of senior Tanzim fugitives in Nablus who were responsible for numerous terror attacks and the killing of Israeli civilians and soldiers.
thought you were safe from Gaza blowback, huh?
A statement issued by the IDF spokesman explained that the army was forced to take the steps to launch the attack because all attempts to arrest the fugitives and thwart attacks they planned to carry out failed.
better to save the cell space for criminals
Four members of the Fatah Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades were killed when missiles fired from an IAF helicopter slammed into their vehicle that was traveling near the local hospital in Nablus on Sunday night. One of the four was identified as Nader Abu Leil, a wanted fugitive sought after by the Shin Bet and security forces for some time due to his involvment in planning and launching suicide bomb and shooting attacks against Israeli citizens. Hashem Abu Hamdan was the second Palestinian killed in the attack. The IDF Spokesman refused to comment on the incident.
"I can say no more"
The two others killed in the explosion were also Al Aksa members. Witnesses said an F-16 fighter jet was seen in the area at the time of the explosion.

Hamas radio station hit
IAF attack helicopters fired three missiles at a 15-storey building housing a Hamas radio station, "Al Aksa", in Gaza City just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. Reports of casualties ranged from 7 wounded to at least five people killed in the IAF strike on Palestine Tower. People ran in panic through the streets after the attack on the building of apartments and businesses in the upscale Rimal neighborhood. Ambulances raced to the scene. The building housed the offices for a radio station affiliated with Hamas and also offices of the main Palestinian newspaper al Ayyam. The strike came hours after a pregnant mother and her four daughters were shot dead near the Kissufim Crossing at the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip.
Eery. It's almost as if the two were connected...
Military sources said the army had attacked a Hamas radio station that had been broadcasting "incitement." In addition the station broadcasts reports on the movement of IDF forces, and warnings to terrorists of IDF operations or Air Force strikes in the Gaza Strip, the army said. After the first missile hit, the building shook and glass started flying everywhere, said Fathi Sabbah, an editor at Al Ayyam. "Everybody was trying to get out ... but then they hit the building again. Glass flew everywhere, and the building shook," he said. "The blasts were very powerful," said Moin Saraj, 35, a journalist at Al Ayyam. Osama Hamdan, a Hamas leader in Beirut, speaking on an Arab television channel, said "[Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon cannot harm our secret cuz they keep getting whacked leaders, so instead he chooses to strike our media institutions," Army Radio reported Sunday.
Posted by:Frank G

#3  The clowns dispatched in Nablus were (some of) the ones responsible for the rash of kids-with-bombs.
Posted by: Lux   2004-05-02 5:52:42 PM  

#2  4 Fatah terrorists killed in Nablus strike

I'd settle for them just killing just one Fatah terrorist. ARAFAT.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-05-02 5:47:36 PM  

#1  
he chooses to strike our media institutions
Hahahahahahaha!

"Institutions." Yeah, you clowns belong in institutions - for the criminally insane.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-05-02 5:23:56 PM  

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