Israeli fire kills 2 in southern Gaza

[Scurrilous]

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"Israeli artillery fire killed two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday afternoon, witnesses said.

Others sustained injuries amid fierce clashes between resistance fighters and Israeli forces east of Khan Younis, onlookers said.

Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in Gaza, said two were killed. Hassanein said ambulances were dispatched to the area to evacuate victims, but Israeli forces denied them access.

Following reports that two soldiers were killed, Israeli warplanes shelled open areas east of Khan Younis, while Appache helicopters were spotted flying overhead.

Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said its forces killed two soldiers and injured another after Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip for reasons that were not clear."

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Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza border clashes

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"Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed Friday in clashes with Palestinian militants near the Kissufim crossing on the Gaza border, the IDF spokesperson confirmed. One of the soldiers killed was the regiment's deputy commander."

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"Two more soldiers were wounded in the incident, one of whom is in serious condition."

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"Hamas said its gunmen fired on Israeli soldiers who crossed into the Gaza Strip.

"An Israeli army force raided 500 metres (yards) into Palestinian territory, and was confronted by our gunmen," said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Hamas armed wing. "This was our work, but was carried out for defense."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1159409.html

[azurnoir]

1. How quickly will we be seeing claims that

Hamas or in reality the Palestinians have no right to defend themselves against an incursion from a hostile military force? MSNBC reports that there was an explosion in the Khan Younis area if so then as the rulers of Gaza it was up to Hamas to investigate that and deal with it why does Israel have the very singular right to self defense here, are the Palestinians allowed to invade Israel in retaliation for every attack made on Palestinians by Israelis?

[Tripmann]

2. Right on cue

An escalation should whip the whitehouse into line, right bibi??

Damn my cynicism.....

[PDJane]

3. cynical? Maybe........

But I've been waiting for this, too. And, of course, there is no mention that the border that the Israelis are "defending" happens to be on occupied territory, now is there?

[Dick Dastardly]

4. The border in question is not occupied. It is the Gaza Israel border. n/t

[PDJane]

5. Sigh....

The true borders of Israel are not what Israel considers its territory now........that is occupied land.

[cali]

6. huh? are you saying that all of Israel is occupied?

[proteus_lives]

9. Pretty much.

[Dick Dastardly]

7. By all means please show us these true borders and how the Gaza/Israel border is occupied. n/t

[proteus_lives]

8. To you it is.

Not to Israel.

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10. Israel ends Gaza incursion

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"Israel has ended its incursion into the Gaza Strip a day after its military was involved in a deadly clash with Hamas, the Palestinian faction that rules the territory.

Troops and tanks left Gaza on Saturday after the bloodiest clash in 14 months killed two Israeli soldiers and at least one Palestinian, witnesses said.

The fighting was the fiercest since Israel fought with Hamas in a three-week offensive last year that killed at least 1,400 Palestinians, mainly civilians, and 13 Israelis, mainly troops."

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201032791622747812.html

[azurnoir]

11. Dahlan: Hamas jails fighter involved in Friday clashes

Fatah Central Committee member Muhammad Dahlan said Monday the de facto government has detained an operative involved in Friday's deadly clashes in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinian fighters and two Israeli soldiers.

The detainee, a member of Hamas' security forces, has been jailed in Gaza, Dahlan told students at the An-Najjah University, who refused to reveal his name.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=272621