 JERUSALEM - Israeli troops captured a 21 year-old gunman who infiltrated the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Friday from a refugee camp in Syria, an Israeli military official said. The official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the infiltrator was armed with a hunting rifle and was captured near the farming community of Hazaka in the central Golan Heights after firing nine rounds at an Israeli army outpost. She said he was a Palestinian resident of the Yarmouk refugee camp and under interrogation disclosed that he planned to kidnap an Israeli officer and bring him back to Syria.
| She also noted that he wasn't too bright, and further that he was extremely fortunate to be alive. |
Infiltration into the Golan Heights is relatively rare. The Israeli official said an inquiry would be conducted to determine how the gunman managed to enter the territory.
"I think he walked, sir."
"Knock it off, Avi, and go fix the damned barbed wire!" |
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