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IDF Soldier Killed, 5 Hurt in Attack on Gaza Army Post


(Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post)Nir Hasson, Arnon Regular, and Nadav Shragai - Staff Sergeant Roey Nissim, 20, was killed and five others were wounded Sunday after explosives were set off in a tunnel beneath the IDF's Orchan fortress, which sits on the Gaza Strip's main north-south artery. Gaza Division commander Brig.-Gen. Shmuel Zakai said the entire structure collapsed. The Al-Aqsa Brigades said militants had dug a 350-meter-long tunnel, and detonated 150 kilograms of explosives underneath the outpost. Tens of thousands of Palestinians filled the streets of Gaza City in celebration.
2004-06-28 00:00:00
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