Palestinian kidnap attempt foiled at Israeli fuel depot

Jerusalem Post:

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Dor Alon employees Oleg Lipson, 37, and Lev Cherniak, 53, both from Beersheba, were killed at the Nahal Oz fuel depot, which supplies fuel to Gaza. The afternoon attack took place hours after a soldier from the Golani Brigade's elite Egoz reconnaissance unit - St.-Sgt. Sayef Bisan, 21, from Jatt in the Galilee - was killed in clashes with terrorists in the central Gaza Strip.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak threatened to retaliate against Hamas for the Nahal Oz attack. Defense officials said it was likely that the Nahal Oz crossing - used to transfer fuel and cooking gas to the Gaza Strip on a daily basis - would remain closed for a number of days.

"Hamas is responsible for the attack and will bear the
consequences when the time comes," Barak said in a phone conversation with visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. "Hamas is in charge of the Gaza Strip and is responsible for every terror attack that originates there, including the one against the crossing."

Four terrorists drove a car up to the border fence near the Nahal Oz fuel depot, undercover of a mortar barrage, the IDF said. The Gazans jumped out of the car, cut a hole in the fence and infiltrated the Israeli side of the crossing. By the evening, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) had killed members of the terror cell who escaped from the crossing following the attack.

Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Mujahedeen Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. IDF sources said a probe would be opened to determine how the terrorists had succeeded in driving to the border fence without being spotted.

Despite the failure, the IDF's quick response, OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant said, prevented additional casualties and thwarted the terrorists' ultimate goal - the kidnapping of a soldier. Defense officials said the terrorists' objective was probably to abduct Israelis, bring them to Gaza and use them as bargaining chips alongside Cpl. Gilad Schalit, who was kidnapped by Hamas in June 2006.

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Do you ever get the idea that some Palestinians are strategic idiots? Talk about biting the hands that feed them, these guys were attacking the main fuel supply depot for Gaza. That has got to be one of the nuttiest schemes I have ever seen. The appropriate response is to cut off fuel deliveries until the Palestinians put some adults in charge of seeing that there are no more attacks.

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