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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Israel shot up the baby milk factory!!
That’s ok. Evidently there are MILLIONS of baby milk factories in the Middle east, and more to come as Israel continues to bomb them out of existence/s
Now, if snipers concentrated on hitting them in the groin with a .22, I think the attempts would stop quickly, and involve no Palestinian "martyrdoms" to reward.
“...three people killed and 611 wounded, including 138 hit by live fire...”
This is heavy fire?
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