Posted on 09/06/2004 3:41:38 PM PDT by yonif
The IAF struck this night Hamas terrorists, who were concentrating in a building in the Sechiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. The attack came close to midnight. IDF helicopters fired a few rockets towards a building, that was being used as a training and instruction facility for the Hamas terror group, under the guise of being a "community center."
Al Jazeera reports, that the building is being used as a "community center" for the Iz Adin A Qassam brigade, the military wing of Hamas. The report says the helicopters fired 5 missiles towards the building, causing the casualties. About 30 people were injured, 14 were killed, mostly Hamas terrorists. Al Jazeera footage shows the killed wearing Iz Adin A Qassam brigade uniforms. Arab emergency crews arriving at the scene moved the injured to hospitals in the city.
The attack on the Hamas men is parallel to the political-security policy of Israel whereas the IDF will increase its counter-terror activities against Hamas, especially due to their terror attack murdering over a dozen Israelis a few days ago. After it was known Hamas members were going to be at the site, helicopters were ordered to take action. This building recruited terrorists, instructed them and trained them on how to murder Israelis.
LOL! Actually, they were divvying up the virgins.
That word "community" is a sure fire red flag for someone pulling the wool over one's eyes. Ironically, Israelis should understand that better than many.
good job IDF
More details from IDF:
Sources in the IDF say this was a well planned attack. The terrorists in the training camp were training on how to plant explosives, fire qassam rockets and RPGs. They also trained on how to sneak into Jewish towns and their training was done by high Hamas officials.
good news bump.
More details in post 25 and also Maariv quotes the IDF as saying the field at that "community center" where Hamas and other terrorists were training (and those are all the casualties) was named the Ahmed Yassin Field. They were also training on how to hijack vehicles.
Why is Hamas complaining? 15 of their murderers got to be shadeeds and got 72 virgins no?
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