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05TELAVIV4861
2005-08-05 15:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tel Aviv
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WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 004861 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/SA/EX FOR RICHIE; DEPT FOR
DS/IP/ITA; DEPT FOR DS/IP/NEA; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DANIN; USAID
FOR DCHA, DCHA/FPP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
SUBJECT: WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS
IN GALILEE; IDF KILLS THREE-MAN MORTAR CREW IN GAZA; SEVEN
PIJ MEMBERS ARRESTED IN WEST BANK. AUGUST 5, 2005 (1400
HOURS LOCAL)

This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable.

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 004861

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/SA/EX FOR RICHIE; DEPT FOR
DS/IP/ITA; DEPT FOR DS/IP/NEA; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DANIN; USAID
FOR DCHA, DCHA/FPP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
SUBJECT: WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS
IN GALILEE; IDF KILLS THREE-MAN MORTAR CREW IN GAZA; SEVEN
PIJ MEMBERS ARRESTED IN WEST BANK. AUGUST 5, 2005 (1400
HOURS LOCAL)

This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable.


1. (SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who
had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus
in the north of Israel on August 4, before a crowd killed him
(septel). IDF soldiers overnight killed three Palestinians
who approached the Gush Katif settlement, reportedly with the
apparent intention of firing mortar shells and rockets into
the settlement. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven PIJ
members near Ramallah and Hebron. End summary.

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Gaza
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2. (SBU) ATTACKS:

-- Deaths: IDF soldiers killed three Palestinians who were
preparing to fire mortar shells and anti-tank rockets into
the the Gush Katif settlement bloc overnight August 4-5.

-- Injuries/Clan Dispute: According to UNRWA, two members of
a Gaza City family were shot and wounded in a dispute that
broke out around 2300 on August 4 in the Rimal Quarter of
Gaza City. Members of the Hillis and Tabash families chased,
and shot at, each other near President Abbas's Gaza City
residence. Force 17 guards reportedly fired their weapons
when the battling families neared the presidential residence.

-- Mortars/Rockets: The IDF reported three mortar attacks
(seven shells). On August 4, a shell was launched at Netzer
Hazani at 0555. At 0720 on August 4, five shells were
launched at an IDF outpost near Khan Yunis. Another shell
was launched at 2045 on August 4 toward Netzarim. No
injuries were reported from these incidents. No rocket fire
was reported.

-- Shootings: The IDF reported three shooting incidents on
August 4. At 0540, gunmen opened fire on IDF soldiers near
an IDF outpost south of Netzer Hazani. At 1100 on August 4,
gunmen fired at Israeli civilians north of Rafah. At 1555 on
August 4, gunmen fired at soldiers in an IDF outpost east of
Rafiah Yam.

-- Shootings/Intra-Palestinian: Palestinian sources reported
an exchange of gunfire between Hamas members and PA police
and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades members in Gaza City around 2300
on August 4.

-- Explosions: The IDF destroyed an explosive device
discovered at 1520 on August 4 about 1 km west of Gan Or.
Palestinian police discovered another device about 1 km north
of Sufa Crossing at 2000 on August 4. IDF soldiers
dismantled the device.


3. (SBU) ARRESTS: None reported.


4. (SBU) INCURSIONS/DEMOLITIONS: None reported.


5. (SBU) BORDER CROSSINGS:

-- No information was available on August 5.


6. (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS:

-- About 120 anti-disengagement demonstrators were arrested
at the Kissufim Crossing point, Israel Radio reported on
August 5.

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West Bank
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7. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY:

-- Deaths: Nil.

-- Injuries: According to Palestinian reports, three
Palestinians were injured from tear-gas inhalation after IDF
soldiers dispersed a Palestinian demonstration near Salfit,
south of Nablus, August 4.

-- Arrests: According to Palestinian sources, IDF forces
arrested seven members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
August 4 in Ramallah and Hebron areas.

-- Security Incidents: Palestinian media reported that shots
were fired at the residence of Tulkarm mayor August 4. No
injuries were reported.

-- Shootings: According to Israeli media, Palestinian
militants fired at armored Israeli police vehicles near
Hermesh settlement August 5. Some damage was caused to the
vehicles, while no injuries were reported.

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Israel
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8. (SBU) At 1750 on August 4, an AWOL IDF soldier shot dead
four Israeli Arab civilians on a bus in Shfaram village. Ten
persons were reported wounded. A crowd of civilians attacked
and killed the soldier, who was identified as a religious
19-year-old Jewish Israeli from the ultra-right Tapuah
settlement in the West Bank (see septel).

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