Fatah is back openly attacking Israelis, after a long period in which they pretended they weren’t a part of the terrorist infrastructre. The terror war continues, and as I said, is ratcheting up since the Hamas victory.
Two Palestinian terrorists arrived at the Erez crossing in north Gaza under cover of the night early Thursday and proceeded to open fire and hurl grenades toward the Israeli side of the border. Givati Brigade soldiers manning the crossing killed the terrorists in the ensuing gun battle.
No soldiers were hurt in the incident.
The terrorists, Marwan Amar and Muhammad Ramadan, were both carrying Kalashnikov rifles, and one of them was armed with an explosives belt.
“The terrorists carried out the attack with complete disregard for the many Palestinians who were present at the site,†he said, adding that Palestinian police officers manning a station nearby “did nothing to stop them.â€
By the way, the palestinian police had advance warning of the attack, and, gee, let it happen. The only shock here is that they weren’t a part of the attack.
Palestinian Authority security forces knew in advance that militants in Gaza were planning an attack at the Erez crossing into Israel, defense establishment officials said on Thursday.
According to the Defense Ministry, the militants managed to come within 20 meters of a PA police post before carrying out the attack, yet Palestinian officers did nothing to stop the attack from occurring.
The attack came as security sources told Haaretz that some elements of the Fatah military wing have recently resumed terror activities following Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian parliamentary election last month.
The Ynet article carries this interesting information:
Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Shlomo Saban, in charge of the Erez crossing on behalf of the security establishment, told Ynet, “until 4 a.m. we let in half the number of Palestinian that enter Israel each morning, numbering some 2,400, then the flow of workers stopped. This seemed odd to us, and we received vague answers from them.
“At precisely 4:32 a.m. the terrorists were identified. Our security guards proceeded to fire at them until the IDF forces joined in,†Saban said, adding that a female security guard was the first to identify the terrorists and directed the forces in their direction.
If I’m reading that information correctly, the palestinian police were stopping civilians from crossing the border at the time of the attack so their boys could have a clear shot at Israelis.
But gee, Israel needs to shore up the palestinian police, help train them and arm them. So they can stop the terrorists. Because really, the palestinians want peace. It’s just a few extremists who want war.
Shyeah.