Saturday, December 29, 2007

PA minister vows 'harsh measures' against killers of 2 Israelis

"Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki on Friday vowed a "harsh" response to a West Bank shooting attack that killed two Israeli hikers earlier in the day.

"As we condemn all Israeli assassination operations... in Gaza and West Bank, we cannot accept such operations carried out by armed groups," said al-Malki.

He said the aim of the group who carried out the attack was to disrupt peace talks and Palestinian security plans, and promised "to take harsh measures" against them......

Both Rubin and Amihai were in elite units of the IDF, with Rubin serving as a sergeant in the Israeli Naval commandos and Amihai as a corporal in the Israel Air Force's equivalent unit......."

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