The army also declared an alert in Kadesh Barnea, Nitzana and Be’er Milcha,
three frontier villages which lie very close to where the attack took place.
The site of the ambush lies some 18 miles from the southernmost point of the
Gaza Strip.
General Yoav Mordechai, the army’s official spokesman said a “group of
terrorists” had infiltrated Israeli territory along the border and
staged an ambush for the convoy.
“These terrorists opened fire and used explosive devices and also
apparently used anti-tank missiles against vehicles which were transporting
workers who were building the security fence along the border,” he told
Israel’s army radio.
“Soldiers then arrived at the scene and opened fire.”
“All the sector where the incident took place has been closed and we are
carrying out searches to ensure there are no more terrorists in Israeli
territory,” he said.
The border incident came just 48 hours after two rockets were fired from Sinai
into southern Israel, hitting close to the Negev desert town of Mitzpe Ramon
and near Ovda, which lies some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Eilat.
Source AFP
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