Jewish residents of Hevron, outraged by the continuing attacks on them and yesterday\'s murder of a ten-month-old baby, made two attempts to take over the Abu Sneineh hills themselves. In the first case, Israeli soldiers followed them into PA-controlled Hevron and removed them from the area. In the second incident, at about 4:40 AM this morning, a group of more than 50 Jewish youths ran past soldiers outside the Avraham Avinu neighborhood and began climbing the Shalhevet (Abu Sneneh) hills. Arab terrorists shot at the group, which returned fire; one Jew was hit in the face by a cement block. The group returned to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, escorted by Israeli security forces, at about 6:30 AM. Hevron leaders promise that other groups will continue trying to reach the top of the hills until the Israeli army reconquers them.



Palestinian terrorists continued firing from Abu Sneineh on the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hevron this morning. IDF soldiers returned fire to empty areas in the general direction of the source of the shots.