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October 14, 2004
PM okays IDF plan to redeploy in Gaza

HAARETZ: PM okays IDF plan to redeploy in Gaza

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday night accepted an Israel Defense Forces plan for redeployment in the northern Gaza Strip. This weekend troops will begin moving out of the outskirts of Jabalya, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanun. The meaning of this move in practice, although it is denied officially, is an end to the current phase of Operation Days of Penitence, which over the past 17 days claimed the lives of some 100 Palestinians, many of them civilians. Hours after Sharon's decision, Palestinians reported that the Israel Air Force fired a missile at a group of militants in the Jabalya refugee camp early Friday morning, seriously wounding four. One man later died of his wounds, hospital officials said.

UPDATE:
One less on Al-Aqsa's 401-k plan.

Posted by Laurence Simon at October 14, 2004 10:56 PM | TrackBack
Comments

"One less on Al-Aqsa’s 401-k plan"

Seems to me that editorial comment should be kept on the editorial pages. Calling the deceased gentleman a "militant" does not make him one and joking about his death is in poor taste in either event.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2004 06:57 PM

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