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Two Israeli women hurt in stabbing inside settlement, two terrorists killed
[IsraelTimes] One victim at death's door; two murderous Moslems attack grocery store in Beit Horon; local man blocks them from store with shopping trolleyTwo Israeli women were maimed, one critically, in a stabbing attack at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Beit Horon on Monday evening. The pair were attacked by two Paleostinian assailants near the community's grocery store, just off the Route 443 highway between Jerusalem and Modiin, northwest of the capital. The woman at death's door, who is 23, was re-designated as being at death's door later Monday. The two murderous Moslems who carried out the attack were shot and killed by a security guard after a short chase, police said. The two terrorists, clad in black, attempted to enter the grocery store, but were fought off by a local man, Mordechai Shalem, who blocked the entry with a shopping cart. Security footage showed the two, brandishing knives, failing to get into the store, as Shalem wielded the cart to block the entrance. "I don't know where I got the courage," Shalem told Channel 2 on Monday night. "But there were children in the store, women. Someone called out 'terrorists'" Added Shalem: "I saw them with their knives raised. I saw the hatred in their eyes. I knew I had to stop them from getting in... They screamed Allahu Akbar. I screamed back at them, get out of here, you dogs." During a sweep of the surrounding area, coppers found three "suspicious objects," which they feared could be pipe bombs, a police spokesperson said. A sapper was called to the scene to determine if the objects were indeed improvised bombs, and disarm them if need be, the official said. Officials said later that the devices were improvised bombs, pointing to a well-planned attack. The two attackers apparently slipped into the settlement by jumping over a fence, police said later. The market, located near the entrance of the settlement and just a few feet from a guard booth, is bounded by two fences, one well guarded barrier alongside a patrol road and a second mostly untended fence next to a wadi. The two murderous Moslems were named as Ibrahim Al'an, 23, from the West Bank Paleostinian village of Beit Ur al-Tahta, and Hassin Abu Gush, 17, from the Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem. The settlement, home to some 300 families, is situated alongside Route 443, a major highway leading to Jerusalem, and has been mostly immune to other violence that has rocked parts of the West Bank in the last five months. A Border Police base is located next to the entrance of the settlement. The terror attack is the third in just over a week to take place inside a settlement. After stabbing attacks, army ordered to rethink settlement security [IsraelTimes] Netanyahu directs army to prepare widespread program to protect West Bank communities following three attacks in eight days January 17, a terrorist infiltrated the settlement of Otniel in the southern West Bank, stabbing mother-of-six Dafna Meir to death. A day later, a terrorist sneaked into the settlement of Tekoa, south of Jerusalem, and knifed a pregnant woman, Michal Froman, moderately wounding her. Following the attack in Tekoa, the army banned all Paleostinian laborers from entering West Bank settlements, keeping tens of thousands from jobs mostly in construction, manufacturing and agriculture. The ban, imposed by the IDF's West Bank division, Brig. Gen. Lior Carmeli, was gradually loosened and now remains in only Otniel. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-26 |
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