Palestinian terrorists shot this morning at a bus and the IDF patrol jeep that accompanied it, near Shavei Shomron. No one was hurt, and IDF soldiers pursued the attackers. Arabs opened fire at the towns of Psagot and Efrat last night; no one was hurt. Today, Palestinian terrorists opened fire towards an IDF outpost in Rafiach near the Israeli-Egyptian border, and at another outpost near N’vei Dekalim in Gaza. No one was hurt, and IDF soldiers returned fire. Later today, Palestinian terrorism struck the northern Shomron town of Ganim; one house was hit by gunfire, but no one was hurt.
A group of several dozen Beit El residents held a protest this afternoon near the Ayosh junction north of Ramallah. They attempted to block the road on which one of their friends was shot at yesterday morning; he miraculously escaped death when the bullets penetrated the hood of his car and the windshield on the passenger side. Police arrested three of the demonstrators - not for stoning Arab motorists, as reported by some media, but for their attempts to block the road and, in one case, for demanding that a police officer give his name.
The Jewish neighborhood of Avraham Avinu in Hevron came under Palestinian attack this afternoon - and residents claim that the IDF reaction was slow and ineffective. One or more Arab snipers shot at groups of Jews in the area several times this afternoon; miraculously, no one was hit. Soldiers returned fire only after the second attack, but as of 5 PM, they had not managed to silence the firing. Hevron residents say that the IDF knows the buildings from where the firing originated; they call yet again upon the army to destroy them.
When IDF forces shot and killed a would-be Palestinian terrorist infiltrator on Saturday night, they did not realize the extent of the catastrophe that had been averted. On his dead body was found a ten-kilogram pack of explosives, and he had planned to carry out a massive attack in central Israel. The terrorist was apparently a member of the Islamic Jihad.
A group of several dozen Beit El residents held a protest this afternoon near the Ayosh junction north of Ramallah. They attempted to block the road on which one of their friends was shot at yesterday morning; he miraculously escaped death when the bullets penetrated the hood of his car and the windshield on the passenger side. Police arrested three of the demonstrators - not for stoning Arab motorists, as reported by some media, but for their attempts to block the road and, in one case, for demanding that a police officer give his name.
The Jewish neighborhood of Avraham Avinu in Hevron came under Palestinian attack this afternoon - and residents claim that the IDF reaction was slow and ineffective. One or more Arab snipers shot at groups of Jews in the area several times this afternoon; miraculously, no one was hit. Soldiers returned fire only after the second attack, but as of 5 PM, they had not managed to silence the firing. Hevron residents say that the IDF knows the buildings from where the firing originated; they call yet again upon the army to destroy them.
When IDF forces shot and killed a would-be Palestinian terrorist infiltrator on Saturday night, they did not realize the extent of the catastrophe that had been averted. On his dead body was found a ten-kilogram pack of explosives, and he had planned to carry out a massive attack in central Israel. The terrorist was apparently a member of the Islamic Jihad.