In addition to this morning\'s murder, Palestinian violence continued last night and this morning in other ways as well. An IDF post north of Ramallah and the industrial zone of N\'vei Dekalim in southern Gaza came under terrorist gunfire, and grenades were thrown at IDF posts in N\'vei Dekalim and near the Rafiach border crossing to Egypt. Arabs shot at IDF troops near the town of Gadid, and terrorists firebombed a Border Police patrol north of Jerusalem.
This afternoon, a fire truck was attacked by gunfire near the Shomron community of Psagot, north of Jerusalem; no one was hurt. Early this evening, Palestinians opened fire and threw a number of homemade grenades at an IDF force on the Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafiach. The soldiers fire; no injuries were reported.
A bus carrying Knesset Members of the Shas Party was attacked by stones on its way to Hevron this afternoon. The MKs visited the holy city in a show of solidarity, and also paid a condolence call in Kiryat Arba to the parents of Sarit Amrani, the mother of three who was murdered by terrorists five days ago. The MKs expressed support of the Hevron residents\' demands for security and development, and said that Peres must not meet Arafat while shooting continues against the Jewish homes in the city.
Security forces apprehended a terror cell in the Arab village of Marda in the Shomron this afternoon. The suspects are alleged to have committed several terrorist attacks, including the August 7th murder of Zohar Shurgi, 40, of Moshav Yafit. Zohar, who left a wife and three children, was shot to death on the Trans-Samaria Highway between Tapuach Junction and Ariel, near Marda.
This afternoon, a fire truck was attacked by gunfire near the Shomron community of Psagot, north of Jerusalem; no one was hurt. Early this evening, Palestinians opened fire and threw a number of homemade grenades at an IDF force on the Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafiach. The soldiers fire; no injuries were reported.
A bus carrying Knesset Members of the Shas Party was attacked by stones on its way to Hevron this afternoon. The MKs visited the holy city in a show of solidarity, and also paid a condolence call in Kiryat Arba to the parents of Sarit Amrani, the mother of three who was murdered by terrorists five days ago. The MKs expressed support of the Hevron residents\' demands for security and development, and said that Peres must not meet Arafat while shooting continues against the Jewish homes in the city.
Security forces apprehended a terror cell in the Arab village of Marda in the Shomron this afternoon. The suspects are alleged to have committed several terrorist attacks, including the August 7th murder of Zohar Shurgi, 40, of Moshav Yafit. Zohar, who left a wife and three children, was shot to death on the Trans-Samaria Highway between Tapuach Junction and Ariel, near Marda.