Kerem Shalom - Israel: Good Intelligence About Impending Attack From Egypt Prevented Disaster |
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have arrive at the Amitai base near the Egyptian border were the terror attack that took place last night, at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. Aug 6 2012. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90Kerem Shalom - Israel’s military spokesman says intelligence services had reports of an impending attack from Egypt and therefore were ready to thwart it.
Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel on Sunday, then burst through a security fence with cars commandeered from the troops to enter Israel.
Israeli military spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai said Monday that militants blew up one of the vehicles to enter Israel. But he said Israeli intelligence services had information about an impending infiltration and sent aircraft to strike a second car the militants had seized from the Egyptian forces.
Mordechai told Army Radio, “We were prepared for it, therefore there was a hit.”
Like Egyptian officials, he blamed Islamist militants from Gaza and Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula.
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Aug 06, 2012 at 10:20 AM Liepa Says:Report as Inappropriate
Good job Israel, on the aircraft hitting the car with terrorists.
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Aug 06, 2012 at 12:55 PM esther Says:Report as Inappropriate
BH. may this be the bitter end of all these yemach shemoniks.
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Aug 06, 2012 at 02:11 PM Ploni Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Good job Israel, on the aircraft hitting the car with terrorists. ”
No, Liepa, you are wrong.
Israel hit the car with explosive rockets; it's much more effective than dropping human beings out of aircraft.
It's less messy and it attracts less negative publicity for Israel, too.
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Aug 06, 2012 at 03:44 PM Liepa Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ No, Liepa, you are wrong.
Israel hit the car with explosive rockets; it's much more effective than dropping human beings out of aircraft.
It's less messy and it attracts less negative publicity for Israel, too. ”
You must have difficulty comprehending.
I wrote, 'Good job Israel, on the aircraft hitting the car with terrorists'.
Now what are you saying?
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Aug 06, 2012 at 04:41 PM chardal Says:Report as Inappropriate
Ploni, LOL!!
Liepa - what he means is that what you are saying is that Israel dropped terrorists from airplanes on the cars. "Good job Israel, on the aircraft hitting the terrorists' car", or "on hitting the car with terrorists in it"....
its kinda like "throw me down the baby a blanket"