Two Israeli security guards killed near Tulkarem, three Israeli towns rocketed

Two Israeli security guards killed near Tulkarem

Friday April 25, 2008 12:42 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli military sources reported on Friday that two Israel security guards working at the Nitzanei Shalom industrial area, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, were shot and killed earlier on Friday by a Palestinian gunman; a third guard managed to escape unharmed.

The sources added that the bodies of the two guards were found on Friday morning in a factory in the Industrial Zone.

The area where the attack took place is on a boundary strip between Israel and Tulkarem.

The Israeli intelligence services said that the attack was carried out by fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.

It is believed that the guards were shot at a close range after a gunman managed to infiltrate into the Industrial Zone, military sources stated.

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, said that the guards were most likely screening Palestinian workers when they were approached by a gunman who opened fire at them and fled the scene.

The Israeli army launched a search campaign in an attempt to locate the gunman. Soldiers also invaded nearby the Palestinian village of Irtah and initiated military searches.

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the attack.

In an interview with the Israeli Ynet News, a senior fighter of the Brigades said that the attack was carried out by Palestinian fighters who escaped from a Palestinian prison several days ago.

He added that the attack is a natural response to the Israeli assaults and “ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people and the Brigades”. He also said that this attack is also intended to signal to the Palestinian Security Forces to stop perusing the fighters.

Brigades claim killing of two Israeli security guards in Tulkarem industrial zone

Date: 25 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:19
Bethlehem - Tulkarem – Ma'an report -

Five Palestinian resistance factions have claimed responsibility for shooting dead two Israeli security guards in the Tulkarem industrial zone on Friday.

Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades say they carried out the attack in co-ordination with the relatively unknown Al-Awda wa Nidal Brigades and the Ahrar Al-Muthallath Brigades, who are based inside Israel.

A spokesperson telephoned Ma'an and said that three of their members targeted Israeli the security guards, using only one gun. They then escaped.

"The operation was two weeks in the planning and so the brigades rejected the ceasefire talks with Israel by Hamas and other factions," the spokesperson said.

The military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds brigades and the Al-Qassam Brigades the military wing of Hamas, also claimed responsibility for the operation in Tulkarem.

They sent a joint statement to Ma'an giving details of the operation - "At 5.15 am at dawn on Friday one of the resistance fighters was able to reach get into the location disguised as a woman. He went from near Tulkarem to the region of Nitzanei Shalom, which is the industrial zone located between the territory of Tulkarem and the lands of 1948. He then changed into a worker's uniform and went to the area at 7.17 am at the same time as Palestinian workers enter the factories. The Palestinian youth that shot the guards was slightly injured but managed to escape safely."

The two Israeli guards were shot dead in the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Friday morning. According to an Israeli army radio report, the Palestinian killed the guards and escaped. Ambulances and large numbers of Israeli troops then rushed to the scene.

The victims were named as 53-year-old Shimon Mizrahi, from Beit Hefer, and 50-year-old Eli Wasserman, from Alfei Menashe.

Israeli sources added police believe the attacker had managed to get into the heavily guarded industrial zone to carry out the shooting as the guards were shot at close range.

Ma'an's correspondent said the Israeli army is carried out a large-scale military operation in the west of the city, near the area where the two Israelis were shot dead. Troops conducted house to house searches and installed military checkpoints in the streets.

Abu Ali Mustafa brigades attack Sderot and Zekem

Date: 25 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:51
Gaza – Ma'an -

The military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, announced on Friday that they launched two projectiles at the Israeli towns of Sderot and Zekem.

The brigades told Ma'an that they will continue to resist Israeli occupation and their crimes against the Palestinian people.

Al-Quds brigades launch four projectiles at Ashkelon
Date: 25 / 04 / 2008 Time: 11:52

Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Friday morning for launching four projectiles at Ashkelon.

The brigades said that they launched two projectiles at dawn and another two in the morning on Friday.

They sent a statement to Ma'an, saying the operation was in response to the continuing attacks against the Palestinian people, adding they would continue to resist the occupation.

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