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IDF troops standing by the wall over which Gazan gunmen climbed to infiltrate Israel on Saturday. (Limor Edrey)
Last update - 23:42 25/08/2007
IDF arrests 2 Palestinians for aiding Gaza infiltrators
By Amos Harel, Yuval Azoulay, Avi Issacharoff and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies

The Israel Defense Forces' Golani Brigade Saturday evening arrested two Palestinians from Gaza suspected of aiding two Popular Resistance Committee terrorists who had infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip in a bid to carry out a terror attack.

IDF troops pursued and killed the armed militants after they were sighted penetrating Israel from Gaza under the cover of fog.

Popular Resistance Committees spokesman Abu Abir said the two had planned to carry out a terror attack in the Israeli community of Moshav Netiv Haasara.
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According to Abir, the infiltration was planned two months ago with the objective of targeting Israeli soldiers and civilians. "We make no distinction between Israeli soldiers and civilians, because the occupying forces make no such distinction," he said.

In a separate incident Saturday, IDF troops killed two Islamic Jihad militants in the West Bank, according to IDF and Palestinian sources.

The gunmen used a rope and ladder to scale a border wall along the security fence near the Erez crossing.

The IDF Spokesman said the militants fired on troops, and one soldier was lightly wounded in the exchange. Both militants were killed, and found to be in possession of weapons and explosives belts.

According to Israel Radio, the Palestinian gunmen were also found to be wearing army uniforms.

A spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees militant group in Gaza confirmed one of its gunmen and another from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine were killed in a "martyrdom operation against the Zionist entity," aimed at the Israeli community of Nativ Ha'asara, near the Gaza border.

"In Saturday's early-morning raid, the militants took advantage of darkness and weather conditions to slip into Israel near the Erez border crossing," said Col. Moni Katz, an IDF commander. "There was thick fog that enabled us to see only a few meters ahead," he said.

In the West Bank city of Jenin, forces from the IDF and Border Police killed senior Islamic Jihad militant Ala Abu al-Said, in a joint operation early Saturday.

Another militant who was critically wounded in the IDF raid died later Saturday. Four other Islamic Jihad men were also wounded, one of them seriously.

IDF kills Israeli boy in West Bank raid
An 11-year-old Israeli boy from Rahat who was visiting his mother's family near Tul Karm was killed Friday during a Border Police arrest raid. A wanted Islamic Jihad militant was killed in the same arrest raid in Kafr Saida, northeast of Tul Karm, and a second was seriously wounded.

Relatives of the boy killed, Mahmoud Ibrahim Karnawi, said he lived in Rahat with his parents - a divorced Palestinian woman who remarried an Israeli Arab.

Palestinian witnesses said he was shot in a gunfight that broke out as IDF troops approached the family's home in order to arrest his older half-brother, a wanted Islamic Jihad militant.

Neighbors said the boy was inside the home at the time of the shooting and was hit in the crossfire. Hospital officials in the nearby town of Tul Karm confirmed the death. The officials said Tariq Mulhem, an Islamic Jihad militant not related to the boy, was also killed.

Soon after the incident in the West Bank, Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed two armed Palestinians who shot at them near the Gaza-Israel border fence north of the Karni crossing. Ths Golani Brigade soldiers briefly crossed into the Gaza Strip, and shot and killed the two men. No soldiers were wounded in the incident, but a Border Police officer was lightly hurt during the West Bank arrest raid, and was evacuated for treatment.

The Islamic Jihad militant seriously injured during the raid was transferred by the IDF for medical treatment at an Israeli hospital.

The IDF said its forces came under fire during an operation, sparking an exchange of fire in which a gunman was killed and a second was wounded and arrested. The army said it was investigating whether the Israeli boy was killed by Palestinian or IDF fire.

The incident occurred when the Border Police force entered Kafr Saida in order to arrest Islamic Jihad militants, many of whom wore bulletproof vests and battled the force armed with Kalashnikov rifles.

The militant that was killed was on the list of wanted men, as was the man evacuated for treatment.

An IDF source from the Judea and Samaria division said after the operation, "It is important for us to operate in the villages in which wanted man are hiding, in order to thwart their plots at an early stage."

IDF sources also said that the force confiscated two AK-47 rifles and ammunition during the raid.
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  1.   Wrong title as "Boy killed in cross-fire` with armed brother 20:53  |  Rob 24/08/07
  2.   Another child dead 20:54  |  Ron 24/08/07
  3.   terorrists shouldnt start gunfight around civilains! 21:09  |  SHIMON 24/08/07
  4.   The 11 year olds brother & terrorist 21:24  |  Ron 24/08/07
  5.   This killing is the brothers fault only 21:25  |  Hausman 24/08/07
  6.   #2 Ron 21:27  |  Murray of Montreal 24/08/07
  7.   Good job IDF/Border Police!, Shabat Shalom 21:31  |  Man deVoshkes 24/08/07
  8.   it seems that 21:57  |  rose 24/08/07
  9.   #6 Murray 22:03  |  Omar 24/08/07
  10.   Felony Murder rule 22:05  |  American Attorney 24/08/07
  11.   Why start a firefight with a child in your house? 22:07  |  Gina 24/08/07
  12.   Israeli Boy 22:21  |  Larry 24/08/07
  13.   Gina 22:34  |  Omar 24/08/07
  14.   Ron & Omar 22:49  |  Honest Observation 24/08/07
  15.   #2 - an illligical an ill thought out response ! 23:08  |  redmike 24/08/07
  16.   IDF terrorist should not start gun fights amongst civilians 23:14  |  anti-racist 24/08/07
  17.   Keyword: cross-fire. His brother was an armed terrorist! 23:20  |  Gili 24/08/07
  18.   Its funny 23:29  |  Realistic Arab 24/08/07
  19.   #6,14By your logic Police should not arrest Murderer at his home. 23:45  |  Rob 24/08/07
  20.   Yes-Larry-Israeli & Ron 23:58  |  Miransky 24/08/07
  21.   Omar -- # 9 so you don`t believe that those plotting 23:59  |  Gina 24/08/07
  22.   as golda meir said 00:07  |  joe 25/08/07
  23.   to 8 . Arabs never submit. 00:57  |  paulo2006 25/08/07
  24.   #19, No Rob, that is your logic 00:58  |  Murray of Montreal 25/06/08
  25.   Omar -- I reiterate 01:00  |  Gina 25/08/07
  26.   Zionist debts 01:12  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  27.   # 10 American Attorney 01:28  |  christa 25/08/07
  28.   Rob -- invite some terrorists into your home 01:42  |  Gina 25/08/07
  29.   When collateral damage has a name 01:45  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  30.   Jihadi Hannah 02:22  |  Gina 25/08/07
  31.   Heartless Murderous Monsters - Part 2 02:50  |  chet 25/08/07
  32.   And who are the nut cases handing out guns? 02:59  |  Maureen Ann 25/08/07
  33.   THE TRUTH: Hannah, Ron 03:16  |  Nechama 25/08/07
  34.   INEVITABLE, 03:22  |  ?מתי, השם, מתי? 25/08/07
  35.   #31, Chet 03:52  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  36.   Peace With Fatah : How ? 04:15  |  Peter 25/08/07
  37.   #9 Omar 05:03  |  Murray of Montreal 25/08/07
  38.   Re #3 `terorrists shouldnt start gunfight around civilains!` 05:04  |  Colin Wright 25/08/07
  39.   re #32 `And who are the nut cases handing out guns?` 05:07  |  Colin Wright 25/08/07
  40.   To Joe #22 05:13  |  Darwish 25/08/07
  41.   re: Maureen Ann 05:41  |  Efox 25/08/07
  42.   re: anti-racist 05:43  |  Efox 25/08/07
  43.   re: Rob 05:48  |  Paulo 25/08/07
  44.   re: Peter 05:52  |  Paulo 25/08/07
  45.   #39, ColinWright 06:01  |  Silvienne 25/08/07
  46.   Efox... 06:04  |  Silvienne 25/08/07
  47.   Is this what they think... 06:32  |  Lee 25/08/07
  48.   43Paulo You don`t even know whose bullets killed the boy 06:36  |  Rob 25/08/07
  49.   Gina and Murray: I fully agree with you 06:40  |  Rob 25/08/07
  50.   38Colin, the Border police came to arrest, not shoot 06:43  |  Rob 25/08/07
  51.   anti-racist c.... 07:14  |  ed 25/08/07
  52.   None of you know who shot this child.... 07:15  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  53.   Blood debts and Hannah`s predictions....... 07:18  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  54.   #41 Efox. "If terrorists want guns they can get them." 07:30  |  Maureen Ann 25/08/07
  55.   par for the course... 07:31  |  ravi 25/08/07
  56.   7..... good job? 07:33  |  ravi 25/08/07
  57.   Rob -- sorry for the misunderstanding 08:19  |  Gina 25/08/07
  58.   Alas... 08:33  |  Yosemite 25/08/07
  59.   So You Didn`t Like My Jerry Springer Bit 09:29  |  Yosemite 25/08/07
  60.   Ed #59 - IDF is not so "moral" 09:40  |  Kim 25/08/07
  61.   Joe - Golda Meir was a racist 09:46  |  Kim 25/08/07
  62.   As we have said so many times, when terrorists decide to 10:55  |  Rina 25/08/07
  63.   Who cares? 11:00  |  Maniac 25/08/07
  64.   re: Silvienne 11:09  |  Efox 25/08/07
  65.   re: Maureen Ann 11:13  |  Efox 25/08/07
  66.   Kim, you are not comparing like with like 11:20  |  Fairplay 25/08/07
  67.   Ravi: you speak from a Punjabi glasshouse 11:35  |  Fairplay 25/08/07
  68.   #61 - Kim in Melbourne 11:41  |  JES 25/08/07
  69.   THERE IS NO PEACE ON THE HORIZON IT IS A FANTASY 11:41  |  Alice 25/08/07
  70.   the forum misses indrajaya 12:06  |  scanadu 25/08/07
  71.   #65 Efox. We are all going to die. 12:18  |  Maureen Ann 25/08/07
  72.   #54 Maureen 12:20  |  Rab Burns 25/08/07
  73.   Rectify! 12:26  |  Dav 25/08/07
  74.   Cowardly IDF under cover! 12:37  |  Dav 25/08/07
  75.   # 31 Chet from Canada 13:04  |  17 25/08/07
  76.   # 35 So called Hannah 13:09  |  17 25/08/07
  77.   Ravi,Hannah,Realitic Arab,chet & all who condemn the heinous 13:11  |  lakshmi 25/08/07
  78.   Felony murder rule 13:21  |  Murray 25/08/07
  79.   To Rob: Israeli border police is not real police 13:37  |  John 25/08/07
  80.   new game 13:55  |  Rab Burns 25/08/07
  81.   What should he have done? 14:02  |  Murray 25/08/07
  82.   lakshmi.....i was a supporter of israel at one time... 14:40  |  ravi 25/08/07
  83.   Israel talk peace but keep killing!! 15:07  |  Moise 25/08/07
  84.   # 83 Moise 16:38  |  17 25/08/07
  85.   82Ravi,a process we all went through,and I empathise.yes I 16:41  |  lakshmi 25/08/07
  86.   #81 Murray of Milan-Put up or shut up 16:56  |  Murray of Montreal 25/08/07
  87.   #71 Maureen Ann 17:02  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  88.   #79 John - Netherlands 17:09  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  89.   How dare you.. 17:09  |  Choni Davidowitz 25/08/07
  90.   #81 - Make it up as you go along, eh Murray? 17:11  |  JES 25/08/07
  91.   ravi. sabra and chatilla were Arab revenge killings 17:22  |  PETER SM 25/08/07
  92.   Border police hit squads 17:27  |  Taxi Driver 25/08/07
  93.   #83 Moise 17:29  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  94.   Bullet proof vests - Give a false sense of security 17:33  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  95.   Pals vrs the Martians 17:49  |  Omran 25/08/07
  96.   Laksmi 77 Naivete begets lies which begets anger and violence 17:55  |  The Equalizer 25/08/07
  97.   Rab Burns 18:01  |  Andreas 25/08/07
  98.   #83 Moise What do you expect??? 19:01  |  Bill 25/08/07
  99.   #79-2 2ND TRY John - Netherlands 19:13  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  100.   #74 Dav what of the cowardly 19:15  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  101.   MORE SHAMEFUL AND UNNECESSARY KILLING OF PALESTINIANS BY THE IDF 19:16  |  Dutch 25/08/07
  102.   Let the chips fall........ 19:26  |  Grace 25/08/07
  103.   palestinians killed 19:29  |  Edifice 25/08/07
  104.   meanwhile over at the BBC . . . 19:52  |  Steve G 25/08/07
  105.   Great job, IDF 20:02  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  106.   Why not a ditch by the fence? 20:09  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  107.   Using children again 20:21  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  108.   I see why they use children 20:23  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  109.   #49 Rob, (I had an idea that there was a mistake) 20:24  |  Murray of Montreal 25/08/07
  110.   83. Moise: explosive belts are fashionable 20:28  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  111.   IDF kills 4 Palestinians 20:29  |  BOB KING 25/08/07
  112.   #60 Kim, Israeli Faults and Double Stardards 20:30  |  Dutch 25/08/07
  113.   The boy?s father 20:33  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  114.   63.Maniac: His family don`t. Shameful. (end) 20:38  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  115.   I agree with Moise 20:40  |  rose 25/08/07
  116.   77 lakshmi: that?s exactly what jihadists say (end) 20:43  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  117.   SHAME ON THOSE OUTLAWS & MURDERERS BORDER POLICE & IDF 20:54  |  Dutch 25/08/07
  118.   99. rose: that must be why 20:56  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  119.   #35 Hannah, that`s plagiarism 21:00  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  120.   ravi 21:04  |  Cameraman 25/08/07
  121.   #103 Dutch; the difference between Arab and Israeli terrorists 21:29  |  Murray of Montreal 25/08/07
  122.   #95 Steve, Re The BBC 21:54  |  Dutch 25/08/07
  123.   55. ravi 22:12  |  KUTW 25/08/07
  124.   # 88 Omran 22:36  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  125.   #90 Andreas - I`m proud of you!! 22:52  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  126.   Of course you do rose #105 22:55  |  Johnny 25/08/07
  127.   26 hannaah 22:57  |  alan 25/08/07
  128.   26 hannaah 22:57  |  alan 25/08/07
  129.   #92 Daffy Dutch 22:58  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  130.   #105 Rose - Then U 2 have no idea 23:00  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  131.   #103 Dutch - If you`re so disgusted 23:05  |  * BEN JABO 25/08/07
  132.   hi KUTW 23:07  |  alan 25/08/07
  133.   MORE SHAMELESS AND NECESSARY KILLING OF PALESTINIANS BY THE IDF 23:26  |  Ian Robertson 25/08/07
  134.   An alternative 23:35  |  Nemesis 25/08/07
  135.   Who cares? 23:55  |  Maniac 25/08/07
  136.   88 omran 00:00  |  alan 26/08/07
  137.   118alan,they would be shot down in less than 5 seconds! 00:30  |  lakshmi 26/08/07
  138.   115alan 00:34  |  KUTW 26/08/07
  139.   #116 Ian Robertson, Your beloved brethren 02:29  |  Dutch 26/08/07
  140.   129 Ben Jabo 03:18  |  Jeff Ward 26/08/07
  141.   #139 Daffy Dutch - Totally out of touch w/reality 03:29  |  * BEN JABO 26/08/07
  142.   Dutch - you missed an opportunity 03:32  |  * BEN JABO 26/08/07
  143.   92Taxi Driver: Jihadist assumed he shot at PA police? 03:40  |  Rob 26/08/07
  144.   #115, agree with Rose & Moise 06:04  |  Silvienne 26/08/07
  145.   #144 Silvienne - you`re too fast to agree 17:28  |  * BEN JABO 26/08/07
  146.   #145, Ben Jabo, but, why couldn`t the IDF have 02:08  |  Silvienne 27/08/07
  147.   #131, Ben Jabo...now, come on, Ben! 02:15  |  Silvienne 27/08/07
  148.   #146 Silvienne 02:47  |  * BEN JABO 27/08/07
  149.   #146-3 final SILVIENNE 02:56  |  * BEN JABO 27/08/07
  150.   #146..Silvienne 03:07  |  Nemesis 27/08/07
  151.   Ben Jabo...now I know you`re annoyed... 04:13  |  Silvienne 27/08/07
  152.   #150, Nemesis...I see your point.. 05:43  |  Silvienne 27/08/07
  153.   #151 Silvienne 19:16  |  * BEN JABO 27/08/07
  154.   #152-2 Silvienne 19:22  |  * BEN JABO 27/08/07
  155.   #152..Silvienne 20:22  |  Nemesis 27/08/07
  156.   Ben Jabo, #153 & #154 04:02  |  Silvienne 28/08/07
  157.   #156 - Silvienne 00:22  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  158.   Ben Jabo. the cat 18:38  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  159.   Ben Jabo, the post and email are Gershon82 20:00  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  160.   Ben Jabo, the post and email are Gershon82 20:00  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  161.   #8 The lesson of a ceasefire 17:30  |  DesMnsDave 20/06/08
  162.   #61 Against military targets, yes; not civilians 17:35  |  DesMnsDave 20/06/08
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