In first, Palestinians destroy Israeli tank

[CocaCola5]

Palestinian insurgents blew up the Merkava Mk-3 tank in the Gaza Strip. Three of the tank's four-member crew were killed in a landmine attack on late Thursday that destroyed the vehicle. The remaining member was lightly injured.

Military sources and analysts said the Palestinian attack marked a watershed in the insurgency war with Israel. They said the Palestinian Authority and its militia allies had been trying for more than a year to develop a mine powerful enough to destroy the Merkava. The sources said the mine contained unidentified explosives never used before in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.



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[Kenazo]

can you say air strikes???

 

[CocaCola5]

<< can you say air strikes??? >>




From reuters,

...An Israeli warplane attacked a Palestinian security headquarters on Friday, killing a policeman, in apparent retaliation for an attack on an Israeli tank the previous day that killed three crewmen.

Witnesses and Palestinian security officials said an Israeli F-16 jet swooped on the compound in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, reducing several buildings to rubble....

 

[bandXtrb]

palestineans and israelis kiling each other? whoa..

 

[b0mbrman]

I thought the reason this was big is that it showed it's not just some random guys who go crazy and shoot people that same day.

This must have taken a long time to plan and they needed someone smart enough to find the blueprints for the tank so that they could figure out how to destroy it...

 

[Kaieye]

Can anyone find out how Israel paid for the F-16?? How does Isreal get the $$ to pay for such expensive armament...??

 

[Kilgor]

<< Can anyone find out how Israel paid for the F-16?? How does Isreal get the $$ to pay for such expensive armament...?? >>



The US probably loaned them the money to buy the planes. Or maybe they?re just some used models purchased off EBAY.

 

[Nitemare]

Wow, the Palestinians actually did a non-sneak attack...NOT..





The tank just ran over a landmine and this makes headlines?

 

[Nemesis77]

<< Can anyone find out how Israel paid for the F-16?? How does Isreal get the $$ to pay for such expensive armament...?? >>



Well, F-16's were propably bought from USA. Merkava is a tank designed and made in Israel. And it's one bad-ass tank! It's in top ten in Main Battle Tank rankings. if I remember correctly, it's sixth. The rankings goes as follows (if I remember correctly):

1. Leopard 2 A6 (Germany)
2. MIA2 Abrams (USA)
3. Challenger (UK)
4. (Don't remember name. Japanese tank based on Leo 2)
5. Leclerc (France)
6. Merkava (Israel)