While Ehud Olmert offers the West Bank and half of Jerusalem to Fatah, Fatah is attempting to kidnap more Israeli soldiers. This is despite the recent Israeli transfer of $400 million to Fatah, the release of hundreds of Fatah terrorists and the granting of amnesty to many more on Israel's wanted list:
A joint Fatah-Islamic Jihad attack against an IDF outpost, apparently an attempted kidnapping, ended with six terrorists dead. No Israelis were wounded.
"I estimate that the terrorists attempted to capture the army position, and possibly to kidnap soldiers and carry out an attack in Kibbutz Kissufim as well." So said IDF Southern Brigade Commander Col. Shlomi Dahan, speaking with Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman.
Dahan spoke after IDF troops succeeded, based on intelligence information procured by the General Security Service, in thwarting a major terrorist offensive in Gaza Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 3 PM, when two Arab vehicles, a truck and a jeep, were seen speeding towards an IDF outpost alongside the border fence near Kissufim. The Kissufim Crossing was where the Jews of Gush Katif entered and left Gaza up until the Disengagement just over two years ago. Kibbutz Kissufim, inside Israel's pre-'67 borders, is now the westernmost Jewish civilian presence in the area.
IDF forces identified the vehicles some 300 meters from the fence. Israel Air Force aircraft, which were in the air based on an early warning, attacked the vehicles, causing a great explosion. Several additional explosions then occurred in the jeep, indicating the presence of hundreds of kilograms of explosives.
Two terrorists were killed on the spot, and two others who began to escape were killed from the air. Golani Brigade fighters then entered and began combing the area. Two surviving terrorists opened fire, but the soldiers stormed and killed them.
The IDF later reported that some of the dead terrorists were wearing explosives vests, and others had hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades.
The Al-Quds Brigades (Islamic Jihad) and the Al-Aksa Brigades (Fatah) announced afterwards that the objective was to carry out an attack in the IDF outpost.
Astute readers may notice that the attack was carried out by the "militant wing" of Fatah, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and not "mainstream" Fatah. The problem with that spin is that:
-All of the recently released Fatah terrorists are members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs
-All of the Fatah terrorists given amnesty are part of the al-Aqsa Martyrs
-The al-Aqsa Martyrs are on the Fatah payroll, funded by Israel and the US
