Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Israeli tankman Sgt. Gabriel Cepic killed by friendly fire in Gaza battle
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 22, 2010, 9:26 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Gaza   IDF 

New Gaza flareup

The firefight flared Monday, March 22, when Palestinian infiltrators were sighted already insideIsrael in the Kissufim sector. An Israeli tank force opened fire and when the Palestinians fled back into the Gaza Strip, gave pursuit. A Golani infantry unit mistook the tank force for the fleeing Palestinian gunmen and fired, killing one of the tank crew, Sgt. Gabriel Cepic, 21, from Zichron Yaacov.    
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Abbas: For talks Israel must free 2,000 convicted terrorists
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 23, 2010, 9:24 AM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  George Mitchell   Mahmoud Abbas  Peace talks 

US envoy chases Palestinian leader to Amman

The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made US presidential envoy George Mitchell go and find him in Amman, only to lay down a fresh prohibitive condition for indirect peace talks to begin: Israel must first open its prison doors to free 2,000 Palestinian terrorists, twice the number demanded by Hamas for handing over kidnapped soldier Gilead Shalilt. And so another Mitchell mission runs aground.

 

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