The attackers are still fighting. And this was an attack that was meant to kill many, many more than it already has.
The manhunt for the terrorists continues as an official reported around 6 pm forces had found another attack site with explosive devices at ready. Defense officials say the cell that committed the attack was comprised of 10-20 terrorists, and security forces succeeded in killing seven. An explosive device was found on one of the bodies, and an additional terrorist was seen escaping into Egypt.
Officials believe the cell was planning a more extensive attack but quick responses by the IDF and special forces prevented additional casualties.
Egyptian spokesmen are full of crap when they say that the border is secure.
Later a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt, and another terrorsit opened fire at IDF forces that arrive on the scene. According to Russo, two operatives were shot and killed over the border fence, and it appears that Egyptian forces killed two others on their territory.
The AP finally stopped using the word “assailants” to describe the terrorists. Now they’re “gunmen.” And the fabled “Israel says” is part of the headline. Note how quickly the AP turns it around on Israel, does not use the words “Hamas,” “Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” or any other known Gazan terror group, and then takes the Palestinian spokesliars at their word.
Israel says gunmen who came through Egypt kill 7
Squads of gunmen armed with heavy weapons and explosives crossed into southern Israel on Thursday and attacked buses, cars and an army patrol in one of the boldest attacks on the Jewish state in years, officials said. Israel said the Palestinian assailants from Gaza killed seven people after crossing through Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.The attack stoked concerns that Palestinian militants might be exploiting instability in Egypt. Within hours, Israeli aircraft bombed southern Gaza in retaliation, and Gaza medical official Adham Salmia said five gunmen and one child was killed in a strike on a private home.
Here’s the Ynet version of the IDF retaliation:
The army bombed a target in Gaza Thursday evening in response to four terror attacks that killed seven Israelis and injured 31 in the south.
The IDF says the target was a Rafah building used by terrorists, and Palestinian sources reported three dead in the strike, among them a senior operative in the Popular Resistance Committees.
Some “private home.”