Six Palestinians Die in Failed Attack on Israelis
 

EREZ BORDER CROSSING, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - At least six Palestinians were killed on Saturday in a failed assault on a Gaza border post in speeding jeeps disguised as Israeli military vehicles.

It was an unusual combined attack by three groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- part of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, a Hamas source said.

Cooperation among the groups, which have ignored Palestinian Authority calls for a cease-fire with Israel, is likely to fuel U.S. fears that Israel's threatened unilateral pullback in Gaza could cause anarchy in the area.

The fake army jeeps, complete with wire mesh screens used as protection against Palestinian rock-throwers, was a new tactic in a Palestinian uprising that began in September 2000.

Brigadier-General Gadi Shamni, commander of Israeli forces in northern Gaza, said the assault began when a Palestinian car exploded at the heavily guarded main Israel-Gaza border crossing at Erez.

Hamas called it a suicide bombing and said the driver was killed. Shamni said no Israelis were hurt.

Soon after, two jeeps painted in Israeli army khaki raced to the scene as if responding to the blast and a Palestinian gunman in the lead vehicle fired on soldiers, who shot him and the driver dead, Shamni told Reuters by telephone.

The second jeep then exploded near a Palestinian police post about 100 meters (yards) away, killing the driver, Shamni said. Hospital officials said two other Palestinians, both policemen, were killed and 15 wounded.

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"fake army jeeps"... :1orglaugh what will they think up next

haha...
:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

6 terrorists is not enough though...