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Monday, June 07, 2010 1:34:31 AM
IDF says thwarted rare maritime terror attack off Gaza
Navy says it identified and fired on an armed squad equipped
with wetsuits and diving gear; Hamas says four Palestinians killed.
By Anshel Pfeffer and News Agencies
Latest update 06:54 07.06.10
And .... the killing goes on ..
An Israeli Zodiac boat approaches an Israel
Navy warship, May 31, 2010 Photo by: AP
The Israeli Navy opened fire on an armed Palestinians wearing diving suits
and apparently on their way to attack Israel targets, the IDF said on Monday morning.
An army source told Haaretz that at about 4:30 A.M., naval commandos identified and fired on a boat carrying
five armed Palestinians heading north from waters off the Nuseirath refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Gaza sources reported that four Palestinians were killed in what appears to have been a rare attempt at
a seaborne attack on Israel. Hamas later confirmed the deaths and said a fifth Palestinian was missing.
Four bodies were retrieved and taken to a hospital in central Gaza, said Moawiya Hassanain, a Palestinian
health official. Two of the dead had suffered multiple gunshots to the head, Hassanain said.
The IDF said there were no Israeli casualties.
An unnamed military official told Army Radio that the operation had been a success for the
Navy's elite commando unit, Shayetet 13, which has come under international scrutiny since
killing nine pro-Palestinian activists in a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla a week ago.
"This will be a shot in the arm for the commandos after the hard week they have been through," the official said.
Two weeks ago, IDF troops near the Gaza border escaped unharmed after
a bomb planted by Palestinian militants exploded close to the border fence.
That bombing came a day after two mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants
in Gaza struck near the city of Ashkelon, without any casualties or damages reported.
In January a number of barrels packed with explosives were washed ashore in Israel after apparently being launched from Gaza.
The Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad later claimed responsibility for launching the 'bomb barrels', none of which exploded.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-says-thwarted-rare-maritime-terror-attack-off-gaza-1.294642
Navy says it identified and fired on an armed squad equipped
with wetsuits and diving gear; Hamas says four Palestinians killed.
By Anshel Pfeffer and News Agencies
Latest update 06:54 07.06.10
And .... the killing goes on ..
An Israeli Zodiac boat approaches an Israel
Navy warship, May 31, 2010 Photo by: AP
The Israeli Navy opened fire on an armed Palestinians wearing diving suits
and apparently on their way to attack Israel targets, the IDF said on Monday morning.
An army source told Haaretz that at about 4:30 A.M., naval commandos identified and fired on a boat carrying
five armed Palestinians heading north from waters off the Nuseirath refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Gaza sources reported that four Palestinians were killed in what appears to have been a rare attempt at
a seaborne attack on Israel. Hamas later confirmed the deaths and said a fifth Palestinian was missing.
Four bodies were retrieved and taken to a hospital in central Gaza, said Moawiya Hassanain, a Palestinian
health official. Two of the dead had suffered multiple gunshots to the head, Hassanain said.
The IDF said there were no Israeli casualties.
An unnamed military official told Army Radio that the operation had been a success for the
Navy's elite commando unit, Shayetet 13, which has come under international scrutiny since
killing nine pro-Palestinian activists in a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla a week ago.
"This will be a shot in the arm for the commandos after the hard week they have been through," the official said.
Two weeks ago, IDF troops near the Gaza border escaped unharmed after
a bomb planted by Palestinian militants exploded close to the border fence.
That bombing came a day after two mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants
in Gaza struck near the city of Ashkelon, without any casualties or damages reported.
In January a number of barrels packed with explosives were washed ashore in Israel after apparently being launched from Gaza.
The Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad later claimed responsibility for launching the 'bomb barrels', none of which exploded.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-says-thwarted-rare-maritime-terror-attack-off-gaza-1.294642
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