The two attacks and the one near-attack almost, but not quite, overshadowed the murder yesterday afternoon of ten-month-old Shalhevet Pass of Hevron by a Palestinian sniper. Exclamations of rage and horror at the fact that the murderer placed the baby in his telescopic sights and shot her through the head were frequently heard on the Israeli media.
Yitzchak and Oriyah Pass, parents of the murdered Shalhevet, continue to insist that their baby will not be buried until the Israeli army recaptures the Abu Sneineh hills. They came to the decision after consulting with Kiryat Arba\'s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior and other officials. The bereaved parents explained, \"We hope this will help prevent additional funerals.\" Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau said that he feels the decision is mistaken. Arutz-7 has learned that Public Security Minister Uzi Landau is expected to visit the Hevron Jewish Community tomorrow.
The sniper shot at the Pass family from the Abu Sneineh hills, in what was merely the latest and most severe of many shooting attacks originating from there in the past months. The hills, which the Hevron Jewish Community renamed the Shalhevet Hills last night in anticipation of building a Jewish neighborhood there, were handed over to Yasser Arafat four years ago.
It was later learned that three other little girls were miraculously saved during the same attack. A bullet passed between two sisters, aged 4 and 6, as they were playing in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood playground\'s sandbox; one of them came home with a bullet-ripped hole in her shirt. Shortly before the fatal bullet was fired at Shalhevet, another little girl told her mother, who was standing next to her, that she had heard a shot; only later at night did the girl\'s mother discover that the bullet had scratched one of her daughter\'s fingers. Shalhevet\'s father Yitzchak Pass, who took two bullets in his leg in the attack, was operated on last night and is reported to be recovering at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Yitzchak and Oriyah Pass, parents of the murdered Shalhevet, continue to insist that their baby will not be buried until the Israeli army recaptures the Abu Sneineh hills. They came to the decision after consulting with Kiryat Arba\'s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior and other officials. The bereaved parents explained, \"We hope this will help prevent additional funerals.\" Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau said that he feels the decision is mistaken. Arutz-7 has learned that Public Security Minister Uzi Landau is expected to visit the Hevron Jewish Community tomorrow.
The sniper shot at the Pass family from the Abu Sneineh hills, in what was merely the latest and most severe of many shooting attacks originating from there in the past months. The hills, which the Hevron Jewish Community renamed the Shalhevet Hills last night in anticipation of building a Jewish neighborhood there, were handed over to Yasser Arafat four years ago.
It was later learned that three other little girls were miraculously saved during the same attack. A bullet passed between two sisters, aged 4 and 6, as they were playing in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood playground\'s sandbox; one of them came home with a bullet-ripped hole in her shirt. Shortly before the fatal bullet was fired at Shalhevet, another little girl told her mother, who was standing next to her, that she had heard a shot; only later at night did the girl\'s mother discover that the bullet had scratched one of her daughter\'s fingers. Shalhevet\'s father Yitzchak Pass, who took two bullets in his leg in the attack, was operated on last night and is reported to be recovering at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.