Palestinians Use U.N. Vehicle In Terror Attack
This is the same article linked at LGF , yet it's not. I noticed that some of the article has been changed since Charles posted at 11:27am EDT. In about 3 1/2 hours, the Times changed this article to where the second paragraph is completely different from the original and the last paragraph quoted has been changed.
JERUSALEM, June 9 — At least four Palestinian gunmen using an armored vehicle and grenade launchers broke through Israel’s border fence from Gaza today and fought a gun battle with Israeli soldiers, while Israeli troops entered Gaza near the southern town of Rafah to search for weapons and tunnels used to smuggle arms and explosives from Egypt.
One of the Palestinian gunmen was fatally shot after the armored vehicle, labeled “TV,” crashed through the border fence at the old Kissufim crossing, near Deir al-Baleh, according to the Israeli Army. A spokesman for Islamic Jihad, Abu Ahmed, said three gunmen four had returned to Gaza. But the Israeli Army said they were still searching the area.
The attack evoked the Hamas raid into Israel a year ago, in which several Israeli soldiers were killed and another, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, was captured. He is still being held somewhere in Gaza. Negotiations for a prisoner exchange have been intermittent but have thus far faltered over Hamas demands for prisoners Israel does not want to release.
Abu Ahmed, the spokesman for Islamic Jihad, told Gaza radio stations that at least four militants had broken through the Gaza border fence and were fighting Israeli troops. “It is difficult to storm,” he said. “But when they entered in a surprise, they confused the enemy.” He said the raid had been carried out with the help of members of the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, affiliated with Fatah.
An Israeli Army spokesman confirmed that “four or five gunmen infiltrated through the border fence into Israel.” They approached an Israeli Army post and there was a gunbattle, in which the Israelis confirmed the fatal shooting of one man.
The gunmen used an armored jeep with United Nations markings to ram the border post, according to Abu Ali, a spokesman for the Al Aksa brigades. The Israeli Army, which has the jeep, said it was marked “TV,” the standard way that all the press signify their vehicles.
