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| One Killed, Many Saved in Terror Attacks Outside Jerusalem |
| 2008-01-25 |
| Arab terrorists opened fire on a vehicle near the northern entrance to the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat Thursday evening, murdering one Jew and seriously wounding another. At the same time, an attack in Kfar Etzion, south of Jerusalem, ended in the death of two terrorists. Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigades terrorist group announced that it was behind both attacks. A Border Police officer - Rami Zuari, 20, from Be'er Sheva - was mortally wounded in the first attack. Medics at a nearby checkpoint administered CPR to no avail, and he was pronounced dead. The other victim, a female Border Police officer, also 20, was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in critical condition from a gunshot wound to the chest. Around the same time, Arab terrorists also infiltrated Kibbutz Kfar Etzion in Gush Etzion in an event that ended miraculously without major casualties. The two terrorists entered Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's Mekor Chaim yeshiva high school, entering a library room where seven of the boarding school's counselors were having a meeting. The terrorists, armed with a knife and a gun - which later turned out to be a fake - were dressed in the uniforms of a security company, and ordered the seven to line up on one side of the room. A counselor realized they were terrorists, drew his personal firearm and opened fire. Another grabbed the fake gun from one of the terrorists, wrestled him to the floor, while the first counselor shot him dead. The terrorists managed to lightly stab two of the counselors before falling dead. At the same time, the Beit Medrash (study hall) - adjacent to the library - was packed with students taking part in the weekly Thursday night "mishmar" all-night Torah study session. Other students were scattered in rooms in the immediate vicinity. Both of the lightly wounded counselors were taken to Hadassah Hospital for treatment and observation. Residents of the Kibbutz were told to remain in their homes for a while after the attack, for fear that other terrorists were still present in the community. A search was carried out for the exact spot in the perimeter fence through which the terrorists infiltrated. The IDF commended the counselors, saying their bravery prevented what would have been a major terrorist attack. Former MK Chanan Porat, a resident of Kfar Etzion, remarked afterwards on the miraculous nature of the event: "Thank G-d it ended this way - and the counselors deserve amazing credit for their courage and skill who did the work and killed the terrorists." A month ago, on Dec. 28, armed terrorists opened fire and murdered two hikers - both former students of the same Mekor Chaim yeshiva - in Nachal Telem, west of Hevron. The two, off-duty soldiers Amikam Amichai and David Rubin, managed to return fire, killing one terrorists and seriously wounding another. A girl who was hiking with the two hid and was saved. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #9 A counselor realized they were terrorists, drew his personal firearm and opened fire. Another grabbed the fake gun from one of the terrorists, wrestled him to the floor, while the first counselor shot him dead. VT, take note. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins5285 2008-01-25 19:12 |
| #8 anyway, from the geography, sounds more like theyre from the West Bank. |
| Posted by: Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-25 13:53 |
| #7 "expel the entire family." Wont happen under Bibi either. Israel as a general rule, despite what the commies would tell you, does NOT do collective punishment. Blowing up houses is done in the territories, where its an application of old British rules under the mandate. And even when houses are blown up, the right to come back and build again is not denied. |
| Posted by: Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-25 13:50 |
| #6 Heh ? Olmert, genius ? Time will tell, and this looks like the beginning of the end. The tactical options left to the Jews now is truely a short list. They must either bend over and take it or react with ever increasing levels of retaliation until they force an end to the attacks. We have just seen the end of a period of paleo regrouping. Will 2008 be as 'peaceful' as 2007 ? Doubt it. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-01-25 13:48 |
| #5 /wishful thinking, so long as Olmert occupies the Prime Minister's office. thank you TW, the man has a tin ear, heart, mind, and vision for Israel and Israelis. ..but he does have a genius for multi-party politics. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-25 12:44 |
| #4 Hamas disputs Al Aksa's claim. Hamas wants credit for it. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-01-25 12:11 |
| #3 If the dead terrorists were Jerusalemites, expel the entire family. Pay them double the value of the property, and keep all housekeys. As a kindness, let them choose between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Living in Israel is a privilege, now that there is a Palestinian homeland, not a right. /wishful thinking, so long as Olmert occupies the Prime Minister's office. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-01-25 11:28 |
| #2 Im assuming the counselors were in fact reservists, as are almost all Israeli males up to age 45 (and unmarried females up to 28 or so). IE the second amendment as actually written. Well regulated and all that. |
| Posted by: Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-25 11:11 |
| #1 A good point for Second Amendment. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-01-25 11:00 |