ARABS-ISRAEL - Feb. 15 - Five Israelis Killed.The commander of the Army's Duvdevan, or Cherry, elite unit Lt. Col. Eyal Weiss, 34, dies early in the morning when an Israeli armoured bulldozer razes the home of Islamic Jihad Noun 1. Islamic Jihad - a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon militant Jasser Abdel Ghadad in Palestinian village of Saida in the West Bank and a wall collapses on him. Army officials said Weiss was standing behind the stone wall, which fell on him. Army commander Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Eitan said Weiss' death "was just a question of bad luck". Commenting on Weiss' death, Palestinian political analyst in Jerusalem Ghassan Khatib said: "Probably this is justice from God. Palestinians have suffered a lot from this [Duvdevan] unit because it is responsible for the most dirty work of the Israeli occupation - they are extremely active in arresting and assassinating and demolishing. Most Palestinians will tell you" the commander's death "is God's will Noun 1. God's Will - the omnipotence of a divine being omnipotence - the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power ". In the raid on Saida, four Islamic Jihad members were arrested. The Army said another Islamic Jihad suspect was killed in a gun battle. Weiss' death comes 12 hours after a Merkava 3 tank, touted by Israel as one of the most sophisticated and heavily armoured tanks in the world, was blown to pieces by a Palestinian mine in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. , killing three Israeli sergeants and injuring a soldier. It was a co-ordinated attack by Palestinians militants, who firstly unleashed gunfire and a roadside bomb on an armoured bus An armoured bus is a type of bus which provides increased protection for passengers, usually against small arms and improvised explosive devices. The bus is usually a stock commercial bus with extra metal plating as well as bulletproof glass. . No one was hurt but when the tank arrived on the scene a short while later, a mine packed with at least 45 kilos of explosives blew up directly underneath it. The attack was a response to the Feb. 13 Israeli incursion in·cur·sion n. 1. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion. 2. The act of entering another's territory or domain. 3. . In a poll published in Ma'ariv, 49% of Israelis said the government "lost control" of the security situation. Exactly the same percentage pronounced itself satisfied with the performance of PM Sharon. But respondents were deeply divided about what course to pursue - whether to intensify in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: the fight, fence off Israel to keep Palestinians out, negotiate with them or ethnically cleanse cleanse tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean. [Middle English clensen, from Old English them from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Late at night, Israeli F-16 warplanes bombed a PA security headquarters at the Jabalya Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. |
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