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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza fighters attempt shelling of Israeli position

2009-08-28

Ma'an -- Two Palestinian militias said that they clashed with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.

The Jihad Jibril Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC), claimed that they launched mortar shells at an Israeli military installation at Nahal Oz, near Gaza City.

An Israeli military spokesperson said that one mortar shell was observed landing inside Palestinian territory in roughly the same area. No casualties were reported by either side.

PFLP-GC armed wing FAIL.

Meanwhile the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the PFLP, reported clashing with Israeli forces near the Martyrs Cemetery, announcing it had fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli tank in the area.

Responding to this report, the military spokesperson said that there were no Israeli forces operating on the ground in the interior of Gaza, and that the army was aware of no such clashes.

*snicker* PFLP armed wing FAIL. We seem to be starting a collection.

Posted by:Fred

#2 So will Israel smack them because they attempted to shell their position, or will they let it slide because they missed?

Posted by: gorb 2009-08-28 16:58

#1 Hmmmm... once is an aberration, but twice is a pattern. My hunch is that the Paleos are sorting out the results and directions of the recent party 'congress,' and that PFLP has concluded that they came out down. Ergo- stir stuff up and remind their 'countrymen' not to underrate their capacity as a spoiler.
At the risk of sounding more prejudiced than I am, this is 'politics by temper-tantrum'- a depressingly familiar concept in the over-emotional middle east.

Posted by: Free Radical 2009-08-28 12:43

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