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Palestinians try to rip through Gaza border fence, drawing heavy Israeli fire
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Posted on 04/27/2018 2:17:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Palestinian health officials reported three people killed and 611 wounded, including 138 hit by live fire in incidents along the border throughout the day.

In a statement, the Israeli military said it had "thwarted" an attempted infiltration by Palestinian protesters.

It said "hundreds of rioters" tried to burn the fence and enter the Israel. It said the crowd threw explosives, firebombs and rocks, and that troops opened fire "in accordance with the rules of engagement" and halted the crowd. It released a video showing a young Palestinian man placing a burning tire along the fence in an apparent attempt to set it on fire. In another, a small group lobs stones at an Israeli military vehicle on the other side of the fence.

In other incidents, the military said Palestinian crowds rolled burning tires, hurled rocks and flew kites with flaming objects attached with the goal of damaging the fence and other Israeli targets. It also released a photo appearing to show a group of youths tugging at barbed wire along the fence.

The marches, aimed in part at trying to break a decade-old border blockade, have been organized by Gaza's militant Hamas rulers...

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1 posted on 04/27/2018 2:17:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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If only we would do the same thing on the border with Mexico.


2 posted on 04/27/2018 2:19:21 PM PDT by Truth29
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Initiate “thwarting”.
Roger. “Thwarting” has been initiated.


3 posted on 04/27/2018 2:19:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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ThiS IS AN INVASION!


4 posted on 04/27/2018 2:20:30 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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Block any breach with the dead bodies of attackers.


5 posted on 04/27/2018 2:29:56 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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6 posted on 04/27/2018 2:35:09 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: BenLurkin
Israel gave them Gaza. What, they aren't happy? They want more?

Those pinheads destroyed all the good stuff that Israel gave them. "That will show them!!!!". LOL.
 

7 posted on 04/27/2018 2:38:12 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: BenLurkin

There is a lesson to be learned here regarding our southern border.


8 posted on 04/27/2018 2:54:32 PM PDT by contrarian (would land mines and razor wire be too much ?)
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Israel is the only nation in the civilized world that protects it’s borders.


9 posted on 04/27/2018 2:55:24 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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Let’s suppose for a moment that they broke through and went on a rampage into Israel. What would happen?

I’d cut the electricity, cut the water, surround the invading pocket, and unleash hell. What else could you do?


10 posted on 04/27/2018 2:55:47 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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HOZE-EM!!!

11 posted on 04/27/2018 3:05:00 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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What’s with these pali idiots? I hope Israel shoots each and every one of these terrorist losers.


12 posted on 04/27/2018 3:31:04 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Trump should declare all palisimians citizens of jordan


13 posted on 04/27/2018 4:55:32 PM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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I’d suggest letting them get 10 meters past the fence and then mowing them all down with concentrated machine gun crossfire. Set up a row of trebuchets to lob the carcasses back over the fence


14 posted on 04/27/2018 6:27:53 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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Attention Trump! This is how you deal with invaders.


15 posted on 04/27/2018 6:57:26 PM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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I call that a great start!


16 posted on 04/27/2018 8:44:24 PM PDT by TheGunny
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Let me see....

Won't the relatives of the dead palestinians now get a reward paid for by US taxpayers.

17 posted on 04/28/2018 8:55:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
It said "hundreds of rioters" tried to burn the fence and enter the Israel. It said the crowd threw explosives, firebombs and rocks, and that troops opened fire "in accordance with the rules of engagement" and halted the crowd. It released a video showing a young Palestinian man placing a burning tire along the fence in an apparent attempt to set it on fire. In another, a small group lobs stones at an Israeli military vehicle on the other side of the fence.
Thanks BenLurkin.

18 posted on 04/29/2018 7:35:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Coming to our border soon.

19 posted on 04/30/2018 6:57:12 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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That’s the way to do it.


20 posted on 04/30/2018 6:59:36 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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