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Friday, February 12, 2010     FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Operative cited for 'firing rockets' dies in firefight with Israelis

TEL AVIV — Israel's military has killed a Palestinian identified as an operative aligned with Al Qaida.   

The military said Fares Ahmed Jaber was killed during a gun battle on Feb. 11 in the Gaza Strip, Middle East Newsline reported. Fares was said to have been killed in an Israel Air Force strike as his squad prepared to attack an Israeli target near the northern Gaza Strip.

"Fares Ahmed Jaber, who was killed in the IAF strike while preparing to carry out an attack in the area, was a global jihad operative," a military statement said.


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The military employs the term "global jihad" to describe Palestinian operatives linked to or inspired by Al Qaida. The statement said Jaber was involved in numerous missile and rocket strikes in Israel.

"Fares was involved in firing rockets at Israeli communities in the northwestern Negev region in the past few months," the statement said. "Another militant, who was involved in an attempt to execute a terror attack was also targeted and injured."

The Al Qaida-aligned squad, said to have targeted the Karni border terminal, was not identified. About 10 groups, including Army of Islam, Army of the Nation and Jaljilat, have been operating in the name of Al Qaida in the Gaza Strip.

Military sources said some of the Al Qaida-aligned fighters were former Hamas security officers. They said Hamas and the Salafist groups demonstrated coordination in attacks against Israel.

A Hamas military officer was said to have been killed in a second clash with the Israeli military. Hamas said Mohammed Said Hassuneh from Gaza City was killed in what was termed a "jihad mission" in the southern Gaza Strip.

Al Qaida was also said to have encouraged a network in the West Bank. The PA was reported to have arrested six Palestinians from the northern West Bank in February. The six were said to have undergone military training.



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