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| 3 Gazans with grenades and knives captured near army base 20 kms. inside Israel |
| 2018-03-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Military unsure when armed Paleostinian infiltrators crossed border fence; nearby communities given all-clear The Israel Defense Forces captured three armed Paleostinians on Tuesday morning after they crossed the Gazoo security fence and traveled approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) into Israeli territory, the army said. The suspects were found in possession of knives and grenades, the military said. The tools that were apparently used to cut through the fence were also recovered. A bomb disposal robot was brought to the area to disarm the grenades, police said. "This was an incident that shouldn’t have happened. We are investigating it and will learn lessons from it," IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis said in a statement, adding that the infiltration could have had dangerous consequences. The suspects were jugged Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! outside the Tzeelim army base at 10:35 a.m., approximately an hour and a half after IDF soldiers first spotted signs of infiltration. An IDF official said the army was unsure when the three men crossed the fence. The army was looking into reports of a suspicious incident that was spotted by military surveillance cameras in the middle of the night, though the official said it may be unrelated. Paleostinians from the Gazoo Strip regularly try to cross into Israel, but they are generally spotted immediately by soldiers who monitor security cameras and are quickly captured on the Israeli side of the fence. It was not immediately clear what went wrong on Tuesday. "The circumstances of the incident are being investigated," the army said. The military handed the suspects over to the Shin Bet security service for questioning in order to determine their motives and any connections to terrorist groups. While the weapons and the suspects’ efforts to remain undetected indicated ill intent, there have been cases of Gazoo residents entering Israel with weapons in order to be caught and sent to prison, rather than having to continue to live in the beleaguered coastal enclave. One of the aspects of this case that military Sherlocks are trying to work out is why the suspects didn’t use the weapons at their disposal, even though they had ample opportunity to do so, the army official said. For instance, at one point, the men were caught on surveillance camera walking by Kibbutz Tzeelim, which is located down the road from the army base. The gate to the community was open, but the men passed by it without entering. The three suspects, whose names were not immediately released, are all members of the same family from the southern Gazoo city of Rafah, the official said. After arresting the three men, the IDF notified Israeli communities in the area that the situation was normal and that there was no further need for their security personnel to be on high alert. Earlier, the army announced that soldiers had spotted signs of infiltration from the southern Gazoo Strip and launched a manhunt. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Just be careful to not hit anything valuable. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-03-28 19:02 |
| #2 Eisenkot: Live fire permitted against those attacking our infrastructure |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-28 01:21 |
| #1 Guess they couldn't wait for the party. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-28 00:15 |