Thousands of people, including many IDF officers, participated in the funeral this afternoon of Israel\'s latest victim of Arab terrorism, Baruch Cohen, 59. The terrorists opened fire upon Cohen as they overtook his car this morning on the Tunnels Highway between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem. Two bullets struck him in the head, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and smash head-on into a truck traveling south from Jerusalem. When the truck driver, who said that he had been driving slowly uphill, saw that the car had been hit by many bullets, he radioed for help, but Cohen was soon pronounced dead on the scene.
Baruch Cohen is survived by his wife and six children, one of whom is Lt.-Col. Amnon Cohen, Commander of the IDF\'s Liaison Office with the Palestinian Authority in the Hevron District. Baruch\'s children and several Efrat rabbis and leaders eulogized him before the funeral procession left from the Gush Etzion town; the funeral continued through the Tunnels Highway to the Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Sharon\'s spokesmen said today that world leaders must warn Yasser Arafat that he will pay a steep price for attacking innocent Israeli civilians and undermining regional stability.
Local residents expressed shock and horror at yet another \"successful\" Arab terrorist attack, demanding that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer take immediate action to bring security to Israeli motorists in the region. On February 1, 2001, Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei Tzur, was shot and killed in a similar attack on the same road. On February 11, Tzachi Sasson, 35, of nearby Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim, was also killed by Arab terrorists on the same road. On Feb. 20, Roni Diament was shot in the stomach in similar circumstances, and his recovery has been termed miraculous.
Baruch Cohen is survived by his wife and six children, one of whom is Lt.-Col. Amnon Cohen, Commander of the IDF\'s Liaison Office with the Palestinian Authority in the Hevron District. Baruch\'s children and several Efrat rabbis and leaders eulogized him before the funeral procession left from the Gush Etzion town; the funeral continued through the Tunnels Highway to the Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Sharon\'s spokesmen said today that world leaders must warn Yasser Arafat that he will pay a steep price for attacking innocent Israeli civilians and undermining regional stability.
Local residents expressed shock and horror at yet another \"successful\" Arab terrorist attack, demanding that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer take immediate action to bring security to Israeli motorists in the region. On February 1, 2001, Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei Tzur, was shot and killed in a similar attack on the same road. On February 11, Tzachi Sasson, 35, of nearby Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim, was also killed by Arab terrorists on the same road. On Feb. 20, Roni Diament was shot in the stomach in similar circumstances, and his recovery has been termed miraculous.