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Abbas: For talks Israel must free 2,000 convicted terrorists
- March 23, 2010
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The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made US presidential envoy George Mitchell go and find him in Amman, only to lay down a fresh prohibitive condition for indirect peace talks to begin: Israel must first open its prison doors to free 2,000 Palestinian terrorists, twice the number demanded by Hamas for handing over kidnapped soldier Gilead Shalilt. And so another Mitchell mission runs aground.
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Israeli tankman Sgt. Gabriel Cepic killed by friendly fire in Gaza battle
- March 23, 2010
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The firefight flared Monday, March 22, when Palestinian infiltrators were sighted already inside Israel in the Kissufim sector. An Israeli tank force opened fire and when the Palestinians fled back into the Gaza Strip, gave pursuit. A Golani infantry unit mistook the tank force for the fleeing Palestinian gunmen and fired, killing one of the tank crew, Sgt. Gabriel Cepic, 21, from Zichron Yaacov.
debkafile's military sources report this was the third time in five days that Palestinian gunmen were able to cross the fence.
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Israeli tankman killed by friendly fire in Gaza battle
- March 22, 2010
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The firefight flared Monday, March 22, when Palestinian infiltrators were sighted already inside Israel in the Kissufim sector. An Israeli tank force opened fire and when the Palestinians fled back into the Gaza Strip, gave pursuit. A Golani infantry unit mistook the tank force for the fleeing Palestinian gunmen and fired, killing one of the tank crew.
debkafile's military sources report this was the third time in five days that Palestinian gunmen were able to cross the fence.
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US warns Gulf of Aden shipping at risk of Al Qaeda bombing
- March 22, 2010
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The US Naval Intelligence warning covers the world's busiest shipping routes through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and vessels transiting the Suez Canal. debkafile reports al Qaeda has enhanced its striking ability from its Yemen strongholds. A decade after its suicides rammed the US Cole, killing 17 seamen, the Islamist terrorists are said by the US advisory to have developed sophisticated methods of attack including missiles.
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Abbas avoids US president's envoy, may boycott Arab summit
- March 21, 2010
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The "sprained ankle" Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas suffered from slipping over at home was very much diplomatically motivated, debkafile's Middle East sources report. It was his pretext to stay out of the way of the US president's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, when he arrived in the region March 20 fired up to restart Palestinian-Israeli proximity peace talks before he is ready. Abbas may also duck the Arab summit opening this week.