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Source: http://www.jpost.com/
Two Soldiers Killed in Gaza on Friday
(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - Two IDF soldiers were killed and two moderately wounded when Palestinians opened fire at soldiers deployed in the Rafah refugee camp near the border with Egypt on Friday. The soldiers were positioned in one of the local homes in order to safeguard other troops searching for the remains of soldiers killed on Wednesday. Brig.-Gen. Shmuel Zakai, the Gaza division commander, said: "One of the soldiers opened the door to assist an elderly Palestinian woman to bring in the food and was shot....Another soldier went to his assistance and was also shot and an armored vehicle that reached the scene to assist in evacuating the wounded came under fire and two other soldiers were hit." Zakai said scores of anti-tank rockets and thousands of bullets were fired at troops and over 100 bombs detonated near soldiers searching for their comrades' remains. "The Palestinians made cynical use of children, using them as cover while moving from one alley to another. Terrorists also used ambulances in order to reach different places in the camp to attack soldiers."