Palestinian Snipers Kill IDF Soldier at West Bank Base

(Ha'aretz)Amos Harel and Nadav Shragai - Staff Sergeant Yair Tourjeman, 20, was killed Tuesday when Palestinians fired several shots at the Menashe Regional Base, near Mevo Dotan south of Jenin, penetrating the tent where Tourjeman was sitting. Fatah's military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack. Troops searching the area after the incident determined that the shots were fired from a nearby hill that overlooks the base, not far from the Palestinian town of Arrabe.


2004-10-20 00:00:00

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