Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Palestinian terrorist killed in Gaza

Today, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a lone Palestinian terrorist who approached the fence seperating the Gaza Strip from Israel. The Palestinian was armed with a rifle and grenades. No Israeli casualties were reported.
This is the first Palestinian terrorist killed by IDF troops since the beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza, this despite repeated rocket launches by the Palestinians from Gaza at the Israeli Negev.
Israel took care not to respond to the rockets in order to sustain the ceasefire, but today, as it was decided that the soldiers were under immediate threat, they were given the authorization to fire.

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