Three Israelis, two women and a man, were ambushed Friday afternoon by Arab terrorist gunmen as they were driving between the Jewish towns of Karnei Shomron and Kedumim in Israel's biblical heartland of Samaria (Shomron).

The two women were lightly wounded in the shooting attack, and the man suffered from shock. They managed to drive to the Zar Ranch nearby. A Magen David Adom emergency medical services team treated them and transferred them to a hospital in Kfar Saba. Fatah – which is under the command of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas – took responsibility for the attack.

According to reports, the Fatah terrorists fled in a white Subaru which they used during the ambush. IDF troops set up roadblocks throughout the area in an attempt to apprehend them.

A small IDF force entered northern Gaza Friday morning, in what the IDF spokesman said was "anti-terror activity." Arabs said the Israeli force included tanks and additional armored vehicles.

It is from northern Gaza that the rockets and mortar shells are fired on the Israeli town of Sderot.

Terrorists almost meet their Maker
The Israel Air Force fired a missile at a vehicle carrying Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza Friday. The terrorists managed to jump out of the vehicle seconds before the missile hit it, and were not hurt. The vehicle was completely destroyed.

Saturday evening, Arabs threw a fire bomb at an Israeli vehicle passing near a-Dik, east of Tel Aviv. No one was hurt but the car was damaged.

The regions of Judea and Samaria, which includes many Arab villages, were placed under closu
Fatah, which is under the command of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, took responsibility for the attack.
re on the eve of Rosh HaShanah. The security services have not yet decided when to lift the closure. Arabs in Judea and Samaria regularly have limitations placed on their freedom of movement during Jewish holidays, because of terrorists' tendency to strike at Jews at these times.

Security forces prevented thousands of Muslims from entering Jerusalem to prevent violence on the Temple Mount during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month Ramadan. Only men over the age of 45 and women over 35 were allowed into the Temple Mount. Thousands of police were stationed throughout the Old City, and along the roads leading up to it.  

In Dimona, in the Negev desert, congregants at the Beit Efrayim Synagogue were shocked to discover swastikas painted on the wall. The police launched an investigation. A similar event occurred in Eilat this week.