Two Israeli soldiers believed captured (al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades)

[Monkie]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/85DC5103-D7A5-4572-A478-AB5E1B776B5B.htm

"Two Israeli soldiers believed captured

Thursday 30 June 2005, 18:45 Makka Time, 15:45 GMT

Confusion surrounds the fate of two Israeli soldiers, reportedly kidnapped in the West Bank city of Nablus.

A statement sent by al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to Aljazeera's office in Gaza on Thursday said the group was not behind the kidnapping.


AFP, however, quoted an anonymous caller identifying himself as a member of a group of supporters of Massud Ayyad, a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades assassinated by Israeli forces at the beginning of the second intifada, as saying: "Today we kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in the Nablus region and they are at present in our hands."

Israel has refused to comment on the reports."

[Scurrilous]

1. Palestinians say 2 lost soldiers handed to Israel

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8944191

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"The Palestinian Authority said it had handed over two Israeli soldiers who got lost in the West Bank to the Israelis on Thursday after a search in the city of Nablus.

"The two soldiers who lost their way, we have handed them over to the Israeli liaison office," said Interior Ministry spokesman Tawfiq Abu Khoussa.

A militant faction had said it was holding two Israeli soldiers in the city, having earlier announced that it had killed them."

[Monkie]

3. who would have believed it...2 IDF soldiers getting lost in the west-bank

and the Palestinians handing them to Israel, could the west-bank be as safe as say..um houston? :P

[pocket]

2. If you don't want to be captured and killed

then don't occupy someone else's country. That should be simple enough.

[eyl]

4. IDF: No validity to Palestinian reports 2 troops kidnapped in Nablus

After seven hours of conflicting reports, the defense establishment issued a statement on Thursday evening denying all reports that two Israel Defense Forces soldiers who inadvertently entered Nablus were kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian militants earlier in the day.

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