Two IDF Soldiers Killed In A Clash With Terrorists

Israel Defense Forces ^ | April 10, 2003 | IDF Spokesperson's Unit

[yonif]

April 10, 2003

Two IDF Soldiers Killed In A Clash With Terrorists

This morning (April 10, 2003), at approximately 5:00am, two terrorists wearing improvised vests cut through the fence of an IDF base in the Jordan Valley and fired at soldiers in the area.

During the ensuing exchanges of fire, two IDF soldiers were killed, and nine additional IDF soldiers were wounded, two of them moderately, and the rest, lightly.

One terrorist was killed by an IDF force. The second terrorist fled through the breach in the fence outside the IDF base. An IDF force initiated a chase, and killed the terrorist.

The families of the casualties have been notified.

IDF carries out arrests in the West Bank

IDF forces arrested overnight (April 9, 2003) 18 wanted Palestinians throughout the West Bank.

[yonif]

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[E Rocc]

It can be said that when they attack military bases they are "guerrilas", not "terrorists".

There's been a lot of talk about the larger armed Palestinian groups focusing their attacks on military targets and leaving "soft" civilian targets alone. Events in recent months suggest that they are doing it. We'll see how it plays politically.

-Eric

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

It can be said they are dead, dead, dead, and good riddance.

[thatdewd]

There's been a lot of talk about the larger armed Palestinian groups focusing their attacks on military targets and leaving "soft" civilian targets alone.

Yeah, they sent them to Iraq to kill American troops.

[Yaron]

You are indeed correct. By attacking soldiers exclusively they are Guerrilas not terrorists. Similarly, the suicide bombers attacking our soldiers are not terrorists either.

[berserker]

The mother of Israeli Staff Sgt. Yigal Lifshitz, who was killed in an attack in the Jordan Valley April 10, 2003, mourns over his coffin at Rishon Letzion cemetery. An Israeli missile strike killed a Palestinian bomb-making expert in Gaza and gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Thursday in a surge of violence ahead of an anticipated U.S.-led peace drive. Israel said it hoped the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would chasten Palestinian militants into laying down their arms. Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters