Militants pledge to float more bombs toward Israel

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Militants pledge to float more bombs toward Israel

Palestinian militants claimed Tuesday they had sent a barrage of floating barrels filled with explosives toward Israel's beaches to avenge the killing of a Hamas leader in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.Police cordoned off beaches, ordered surfers out of the water and deployed robotic bomb squads along a large swath of southern Israel's coastline after two explosive-laden barrels washed up on shore, ready to blow up.Photos by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye

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