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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza fighters trade fire with Israeli forces
2009-12-21
[Ma'an] Palestinian fighters said on Sunday that they traded gunfire with Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the
"We claim joint responsibility for shooting three Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun."
National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), claimed joint responsibility for an attack. "We claim joint responsibility for shooting three Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun. The Israeli army retaliated by shooting with heavy weapons," the two groups said in a statement.

An Israeli military representative said that an an Israeli patrol came under fire on in recent hours near the Nahal Oz crossing. The official said no injuries or damage resulted. It was not clear if this was the same incident reported by the PFLP and DFLP.

The armed groups' statement added that the attack was "in response to the crimes of the occupation."

The statement also reaffirmed "the right to resist the occupation ... in order to defend our people, land, identity and principles."
Posted by:Fred

#1  TOPIX > EHUD BARAK: ISRAEL'S TARGET IS LEBANON, NOT HEZBOLLAH [claims Tel Aviv has bigger thingys in mind than simply the Hezzies Huzzies Hizzies]; + JIHADISTS CALL FOR ATTACKS OVER EGYPT'S SECURITY FENCE [Gaza-Sinai].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-12-21 23:14  

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