(IsraelNN.com) 33 persons died as a result of PLO terror in the month of June 2003. Many others were wounded, some seriously, including persons who sustained permanent disabilities.
June 5 – Police found the bodies of two terror victims near Moshav Even Sapir, in the brush area behind Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. They were beaten and stoned to death and their bodies dismembered. [2]
1) David Shambik, 27, from Jerusalem
2) Moran Menachem, 17, from Jerusalem
June 8 – 05:40 – Three terrorists infiltrated the "Magen 12" outpost near the Erez Crossing in northern Gaza killing four soldiers and wounding four, one moderately and three light. The wounded soldiers were transported to Barzalai Hospital in Ashkelon. Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed joint responsibility. [6]
1) Sgt.-Maj. Boaz Emet, 23, from Beit Shean
2) Sgt.-Maj. Assaf Abarjel, 23, from Eilat
3) Sgt.-Maj. Udi Ayelet, 37, from Eilat
4) Sgt.-Maj. Chen Engel, 31, from Ramat Gan
June 8 – 17:45 – A soldier was shot dead by terrorist gunfire near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron. Two terrorists were killed. [7]
1) St.-Sgt. Matan Gadri, 21, of Moshav Moledet
June 11 – 17:20 – A homicide bomber disguised as an Orthodox Jew blew himself up on board a #14 bus traveling from Jerusalem's Ramat Beit HaKerem neighborhood towards Talpiot. The explosion occurred near the Clal Building on Jaffa Road, a short distance from the Machane Yehuda marketplace. 17 persons were murdered and over 112 injured. HAMAS [24]
1) IDF Sgt. Tamar Ben-Eliyahu, 20, from Moshav Faran
2) Tita Bertine, 75, from Jerusalem
3) Eugenia Berman, 50, from Jerusalem
4) Malka Rene Sultan, 67, from Jerusalem
5) Yafeh Mualem, 65, from Jerusalem
6) Elsa Cohen, 70, from Jerusalem
7) Tzvika Cohen, 39, from Kiryat Menachem (Jerusalem)
8) Alexander Kazaris, 77, from Jerusalem
9) Ro'i Eliraz, 22, from Mevaseret Tzion
10) Tzipora Pesahovitch, 54, from Tzur Hadassah
11) Avraham Chaim (Alan) Bir, 47, from Jerusalem
12) Yaniv Obayed, 22, from Herzliya
13) Bat-El Ohana, 21, from Kiryat Ata
14) Anna Orgal, 55, from Jerusalem
15) Bianca Shahrur, 62, from Jerusalem
16) Miriam Levy, 74, from Jerusalem
17) Eila Abra'a, a foreign worker from Eritrea
June 12 – 19:20 – A Jewish male was shot dead near Yabed in the Shomron. He had business dealings in the village. [25]
1) Avner Maimon, 51, from Netanya
June 13 – 19:00 – A Golani Brigade soldier was shot and killed by terrorist gunfire in Jenin. [26]
1) St.-Sgt. Mordechai Sayada, 21, from Tirat Carmel
June 17 – 23:20 – Gunfire was directed at a vehicle traveling on Route 6, the Trans-Israel Highway, in the area of Kibbutz Eyal in pre-1967 Green Line Israel. The gunfire originated in PA-controlled Kalkilye. A girl was pronounced dead on the scene and a second child, her sister, seriously wounded. One adult [her father] sustained light-to-moderate injuries and the victims' mother was treated for hysteria. [27]
1) Noam Leibowitz, 7, from Yemin Orde
June 19 – 05:53 – A homicide bomber blew himself up in a grocery store in Moshav S'dei Trumot, near Beit Shean. The owner of the grocery was gravely injured and died en route to HaEmek Hospital. Police believe the terrorist planned to target a nearby soldiers' bus stop but the bomb detonated prematurely. The al-Quds Brigade of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization claimed responsibility. [28]
1) Avner Mordechai, 63, from S'dei Trumot
June 20 – 12:35 – A vehicle was targeted by gunfire south of Wadi Charamiya in the Benjamin Regional Council district of the Shomron. The wounded driver continued driving south towards Jerusalem, about 12 kilometers, until losing control near the Shar Binyamin Industrial Park, in the area of the community of Kochav Yaakov. The driver was killed, his wife injured lightly, and his parents who were visiting from the USA, were injured seriously. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. [29]
1) Tzvi Goldstein, 47, from Eli
June 25 – The 30th victim of the March 27,2002 Park Hotel massacre died of her injuries. 130 persons were wounded in the homicide bombing attack in the Netanya hotel that occurred in the hotel dining room during the Passover Seder. [30]
1) Clara Rosenberger, 77, from Jerusalem
June 26 – 11:15 – A 15-year-old terrorist opened fire at telephone company technicians in the Israeli Arab municipality of Baka el-Garbiya. One person was killed. The assailant was shot and seriously wounded by a telephone company security guard. He was transported to Hillel Yafeh Hospital in Hadera. [31]
1) Amos (Amit) Mantin, 32, from Hadera
June 27 – 04:55 – Soldiers were involved in a counter-terrorism mission near the northern Gaza community of Netzarim. A naval commando was killed and a second soldier lightly wounded. Four terrorists were killed. [32]
1) Sgt.-Major Erez Ashkenazi, 21, from Kibbutz Reshafim
June 30 – 13:05 – A Foreign laborer was shot in his head in a northern Shomron terror attack between the communities of Rehan and Hermesh, near the Arab village of Yabed. He was pronounced dead on the scene. [33]
1) Raskov Karisto, 45, from Bulgaria
June 5 – Police found the bodies of two terror victims near Moshav Even Sapir, in the brush area behind Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. They were beaten and stoned to death and their bodies dismembered. [2]
1) David Shambik, 27, from Jerusalem
2) Moran Menachem, 17, from Jerusalem
June 8 – 05:40 – Three terrorists infiltrated the "Magen 12" outpost near the Erez Crossing in northern Gaza killing four soldiers and wounding four, one moderately and three light. The wounded soldiers were transported to Barzalai Hospital in Ashkelon. Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed joint responsibility. [6]
1) Sgt.-Maj. Boaz Emet, 23, from Beit Shean
2) Sgt.-Maj. Assaf Abarjel, 23, from Eilat
3) Sgt.-Maj. Udi Ayelet, 37, from Eilat
4) Sgt.-Maj. Chen Engel, 31, from Ramat Gan
June 8 – 17:45 – A soldier was shot dead by terrorist gunfire near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron. Two terrorists were killed. [7]
1) St.-Sgt. Matan Gadri, 21, of Moshav Moledet
June 11 – 17:20 – A homicide bomber disguised as an Orthodox Jew blew himself up on board a #14 bus traveling from Jerusalem's Ramat Beit HaKerem neighborhood towards Talpiot. The explosion occurred near the Clal Building on Jaffa Road, a short distance from the Machane Yehuda marketplace. 17 persons were murdered and over 112 injured. HAMAS [24]
1) IDF Sgt. Tamar Ben-Eliyahu, 20, from Moshav Faran
2) Tita Bertine, 75, from Jerusalem
3) Eugenia Berman, 50, from Jerusalem
4) Malka Rene Sultan, 67, from Jerusalem
5) Yafeh Mualem, 65, from Jerusalem
6) Elsa Cohen, 70, from Jerusalem
7) Tzvika Cohen, 39, from Kiryat Menachem (Jerusalem)
8) Alexander Kazaris, 77, from Jerusalem
9) Ro'i Eliraz, 22, from Mevaseret Tzion
10) Tzipora Pesahovitch, 54, from Tzur Hadassah
11) Avraham Chaim (Alan) Bir, 47, from Jerusalem
12) Yaniv Obayed, 22, from Herzliya
13) Bat-El Ohana, 21, from Kiryat Ata
14) Anna Orgal, 55, from Jerusalem
15) Bianca Shahrur, 62, from Jerusalem
16) Miriam Levy, 74, from Jerusalem
17) Eila Abra'a, a foreign worker from Eritrea
June 12 – 19:20 – A Jewish male was shot dead near Yabed in the Shomron. He had business dealings in the village. [25]
1) Avner Maimon, 51, from Netanya
June 13 – 19:00 – A Golani Brigade soldier was shot and killed by terrorist gunfire in Jenin. [26]
1) St.-Sgt. Mordechai Sayada, 21, from Tirat Carmel
June 17 – 23:20 – Gunfire was directed at a vehicle traveling on Route 6, the Trans-Israel Highway, in the area of Kibbutz Eyal in pre-1967 Green Line Israel. The gunfire originated in PA-controlled Kalkilye. A girl was pronounced dead on the scene and a second child, her sister, seriously wounded. One adult [her father] sustained light-to-moderate injuries and the victims' mother was treated for hysteria. [27]
1) Noam Leibowitz, 7, from Yemin Orde
June 19 – 05:53 – A homicide bomber blew himself up in a grocery store in Moshav S'dei Trumot, near Beit Shean. The owner of the grocery was gravely injured and died en route to HaEmek Hospital. Police believe the terrorist planned to target a nearby soldiers' bus stop but the bomb detonated prematurely. The al-Quds Brigade of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization claimed responsibility. [28]
1) Avner Mordechai, 63, from S'dei Trumot
June 20 – 12:35 – A vehicle was targeted by gunfire south of Wadi Charamiya in the Benjamin Regional Council district of the Shomron. The wounded driver continued driving south towards Jerusalem, about 12 kilometers, until losing control near the Shar Binyamin Industrial Park, in the area of the community of Kochav Yaakov. The driver was killed, his wife injured lightly, and his parents who were visiting from the USA, were injured seriously. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. [29]
1) Tzvi Goldstein, 47, from Eli
June 25 – The 30th victim of the March 27,2002 Park Hotel massacre died of her injuries. 130 persons were wounded in the homicide bombing attack in the Netanya hotel that occurred in the hotel dining room during the Passover Seder. [30]
1) Clara Rosenberger, 77, from Jerusalem
June 26 – 11:15 – A 15-year-old terrorist opened fire at telephone company technicians in the Israeli Arab municipality of Baka el-Garbiya. One person was killed. The assailant was shot and seriously wounded by a telephone company security guard. He was transported to Hillel Yafeh Hospital in Hadera. [31]
1) Amos (Amit) Mantin, 32, from Hadera
June 27 – 04:55 – Soldiers were involved in a counter-terrorism mission near the northern Gaza community of Netzarim. A naval commando was killed and a second soldier lightly wounded. Four terrorists were killed. [32]
1) Sgt.-Major Erez Ashkenazi, 21, from Kibbutz Reshafim
June 30 – 13:05 – A Foreign laborer was shot in his head in a northern Shomron terror attack between the communities of Rehan and Hermesh, near the Arab village of Yabed. He was pronounced dead on the scene. [33]
1) Raskov Karisto, 45, from Bulgaria