Saturday 29 December 2018

ON THIS DAY IN 2005, CORBYN'S MATES...

... killed three people at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank.  Suspecting an attack during Hanukkah, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) set up a roadblock near the Palestinian town of Talkarm.

At around 09:30 local time the soldiers stopped a taxi.  The driver and two passengers exited the vehicle, one of which was wearing a bulky coat.  Before they could search the passenger with the big coat he detonated a suicide belt - killing the taxi driver, an accomplice and an Israeli soldier.  Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were injured.

The bomber was later identified as 23-year-old Palestinian policeman Ala a-Sadi, whose family had links to Islamic Jihad.  The passenger was thought to be an accomplice.  The soldier killed in the blast was named as 21-year-old Lt Uri Binamo.

Memorial stone to Lt Binamo