Occupation forces destroy Rafah to expand Philadelphia axis
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/15/2004

Four Israeli soldiers were killed and other 4 injured during the Palestinian resistance men confrontation of the Israeli occupation army which yesterday for the third running day continued mopping up Rafah area in Gaza in search of the remains of the five Israeli soldiers were killed on Wednesday and the area was totally leveled as more than 20 houses were demolished and the Israeli forces are preparing to destroy more in the course of a decision to expand Philadelphia border axis.

Al-Aqsa martyrs groups, of the Fatah movement announced it had blown up yesterday near the border strip with Egypt in Rafah camp one Israel " Hummer military vehicle." The spokesman for al-Aqsa group said that one of its group detonated with a 60 Kg explosive an "Israel Hammer armed vehicle near the border strip with Egypt in Rafah and this resulted in killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding other two, as admitted by the Israeli forces also."

In another attack in the same area in the camp, two other Israeli soldiers were killed and other two injured by the bullets of one Palestinian sniper, according to Israeli military sources. Al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Hamas movement claimed responsibility for the attack and said in a statement that the " confrontation unit was able to snipe one Zionist soldier while he was getting out of one armored vehicle incurring in the area." The statement added that when two other soldiers tried to get also out to help the wounded soldier:" our fighters immediately sniped them."

The statement added " the Israeli tanks bombarded the area fiercely in order to cover the operation and withdraw the three soldiers and protect themselves from the fire of our snipers." The three soldiers were hit in the border strip area with Egypt, where also one Israeli officer and four soldiers were killed in blowing up of their vehicle two days earlier in an operation alleged by Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad.

The occupation helicopters carried out four raids yesterday in which one Palestinian was killed and other 10 injured. Witnesses said that the helicopters fired seven missiles at least one of them fell at the gate of the house of Akram Abu al-Naja and this resulted in killing him immediately.

Yesterday early morning one Palestinian, Mahmoud Juma ( 22 year old) was killed. He is a member of the " people's resistance " committee " and was killed by the Israeli army while trying to implant a bomb near a settlement in Rafah.

Previous Stories:
  Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians, occupation searches for remains of its killed soldiers in Rafah   (5/14/2004)
  Palestinian resistance accepts conditions for handing over remains of Israelis   (5/13/2004)
  Israeli raids against al-Shuja'eyah, al-Zeiotoun   (5/12/2004)
  Qurei' announces readiness of the Palestinians for serious negotiations   (5/11/2004)
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