Israeli Troops Foil Suicide Car Bombing in Gaza

[JohnLocke]

Israeli Troops Foil Suicide Car Bombing in Gaza
Reuters -- Wednesday, April 28, 2004
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Israeli soldiers thwarted an attempted car bombing against the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, military sources said.
Soldiers in a military vehicle gave chase after a Palestinian jeep disguised as an Israeli car and decorated with an Israeli flag approached the settlement, the sources said.
Suspecting an attack, the soldiers opened fire at the vehicle and it exploded, they said. The blast wounded four soldiers, one seriously, a military source said.
The militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. It identified the bomber as Tareq Hmaid, 24, from central Gaza's Nusseirat refugee camp and said he was killed in the blast.
"A military vehicle chased the jeep bomb. They fired at it and hit it and the jeep bomb blew up," Israel Radio said.
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[LibInternationalist]

1. I hope that the soldier recovers

and that the settlement is removed