Thursday, February 14, 2008
It looks like Hamas may have been telling the truth when they said they were one of the groups responsible for the Dimona suicide bombing, and that the bombers came from Hebron (West Bank), not from Gaza. (Previous on the controversy: Who Gets the Credit for Suicide?). According to this piece at Maan News, the premature announcement of success from the Gaza groups gave Israel time to set up an ambush and kill the two other bombers while they were still inside Egypt: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians from commando cell
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Two days ago Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, believed to be part of a commando cell, on the border with Egypt, credible sources told Ma'an.
The men are alleged to have been part of a group of fighters that came from Gaza to the Israeli-Egyptian borders through the Sinai desert and were caught in an Israeli army ambush.
The sources added that the premature announcement of the identities of the alleged Dimona bombers alerted Israeli security forces to the existence of another cell that was on its way from Gaza. After this information was revealed, the Israeli security forces on the border with Egypt went on high alert and were able to detect the armed men and to ambush them.
Ma'an also learned that their bodies were left at the scene of the ambush, on the Egyptian side of the border after the Israeli special force refused to bring them into the Israeli territories, according to the rules of engagement in these cases.
