At least 2 Palestinians killed in clashes with IDF (Obama's War)

Fierce battles still ongoing between military and terrorists; unusually, Hamas claims responsibility to 'ambush' of IDF troops.

At least two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in a fire exchange with IDF troops on Friday evening near the Gaza Strip border fence.

According to the IDF, the incident happened near Khan Yunus in the southern Gaza Strip. And IDF team patrolling the southern border identified suspicious people approaching the border fence from the Palestinian side and apparently laying explosives near the fence.

There troops opened fire and killed at least two Palestinians, but fire exchanges were still ongoing.

The IDF was using helicopters and mortar fire against the Palestinians, who belong to the Jaljalat, an extremist al-Qaida inspired group.

But later on Friday evening, the Hamas Website said the group's gunmen were involved — a departure from the Islamic terror group's tendency over the past year to avoid confrontation with Israeli forces.

Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida told Hamas radio that IDF forces "fell into an ambush" set by Hamas terrorists east of Khan Younis. He did not elaborate.

If G-d forbid any IDF soldiers or other Israelis are harmed by this latest rally by the vermin, blame should entirely be laid at the feet of the Ozero administration.

They have given the arabs public permission to do this by making it clear they are not standing with Netanyahu and the Israeli government.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at an Israeli soldier during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah following a protest against the expansion of the nearby Israeli settlement of Halamish on March 26, 2010. Israel vowed policy on Jerusalem would not change as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to craft a response to US demands for peace-promoting concessions.

A Palestinian protester holds a picture of Omar Zawahreh, an activist who was arrested by the Israeli army a few days ago, opposite Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah near Bethlehem on March 26, 2010. Israel vowed policy on Jerusalem would not change as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to craft a response to US demands for peace-promoting concessions.

A Palestinian boy holds a picture of the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during a protest in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2010 against Israel's renovation of a synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel vowed policy on Jerusalem would not change as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to craft a response to US demands for peace-promoting concessions.

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