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Posted by orange blossom special on Mon Aug 13 18:35:51 2007, in response to Olmert meets Abbas in Jericho, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Aug 6 18:01:35 2007. Four Palestinians infiltrators armed with knives and a hand grenade were captured by IDF soldiers soon after they crossed through the security fence into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, the army said.The men, whose ages were not disclosed, were spotted by soldiers manning a guardpost as they cut through the fence near the Kissufim Crossing. Patrols in the area were alerted, and the four men were captured by Golani infantry soldiers without incident a few dozen meters from where they had breached the fence, an IDF spokesperson in the southern command said. Despite the weapons found in their possession, military officials said it was not yet clear if the men's intentions were criminal, terrorist, or if the men were seeking employment, as is the case in the vast majority of attempted infiltrations from Gaza since disengagement. The sources cited several recent incidents in which Gazan terrorists used livestock, and on occasion even women and children, to test the fence's sensitivity, or possibly to lull those monitoring the fence's electrical sensors into complacency through frequent false alarms. IDF officials said Monday that they were considering whether to restrict Palestinian vehicles from approaching to within one kilometer from the security fence following the latest string of incidents. |
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