Arab terrorists shot and killed an Israeli motorist this morning near the northern Shomron community of Sa-Nur, between Jenin and Shechem. Unbeknownst to them, the victim was an Arab with Israeli citizenship - Dasis Shahada, 30; they had been misled by the yellow Israeli license plates of his rented car. He lived in the north Jerusalem Arab-populated suburb of Beit Hanina. The terrorists fled to safe haven in nearby PLO-controlled territory.
Today\'s murder marked the fourth Arab terrorist murder in less than 48 hours. Last night, Yoela Chen, 45, and her aunt, 70-year-old Rachel Heini, were shot while stopped at a gas station in Givat Ze\'ev, north of Jerusalem. Two Arabs approached the vehicle to talk with them - to ensure that they were Jewish, officials later said - and moments later, the murderers sprayed two rounds of bullets through the windshield. Yoela, a mother of two, was killed on the spot, and her aunt was moderately wounded in the chest. The terrorists then fled on foot to the nearby Arab village of El-Jib. Yoela Chen was buried today in Jerusalem\'s Har HaMenuchot Cemetery.
Earlier yesterday afternoon, Avi Boaz, 72, of Maaleh Adumim, was cruelly beaten and then shot to death by Palestinian Authority terrorists near Bethlehem. The atrocity began when four Tanzim terrorists abducted Boaz and an Arab friend at a PA checkpoint outside the village of Beit Sahour. The PA naval police manning the location did nothing to stop the crime-in-progress. Boaz was driven to Beit Sahour where he was beaten and abused, shot with dozens of bullets, and left for dead. The victim\'s only daughter Idit later said that he \"trusted everyone\" and often frequented Arab areas in the framework of his contracting job. Avi Boaz immigrated to Israel from the United States, where he was born, in 1961. His wife died just ten days ago after a prolonged illness; he was buried alongside her this afternoon in Jerusalem.
It was learned that Israeli officials received at least one report from eyewitnesses who saw Avi Boaz in life-threatening danger. The IDF immediately notified the PA, but nothing was done to extricate him from the hands of the terrorists. Gush Etzion Regional Council head Sha\'ul Goldstein had sent a letter the day before the murder to Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan, IDF Central Command Chief Officer, warning that the removal of the closure on PA areas placed Israelis in immediate life-threatening danger.
On Monday night, Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, of Tiberias, was killed while manning an IDF checkpoint near Kedumim in the Shomron. The killers opened fire at the soldiers at a security checkpoint they had established only a short while before. Unit commander and medic Yaniv Uzi-Dan was moderately wounded when he was shot in the shoulder while he was administering first aid to Abu-Gani.
Today\'s murder marked the fourth Arab terrorist murder in less than 48 hours. Last night, Yoela Chen, 45, and her aunt, 70-year-old Rachel Heini, were shot while stopped at a gas station in Givat Ze\'ev, north of Jerusalem. Two Arabs approached the vehicle to talk with them - to ensure that they were Jewish, officials later said - and moments later, the murderers sprayed two rounds of bullets through the windshield. Yoela, a mother of two, was killed on the spot, and her aunt was moderately wounded in the chest. The terrorists then fled on foot to the nearby Arab village of El-Jib. Yoela Chen was buried today in Jerusalem\'s Har HaMenuchot Cemetery.
Earlier yesterday afternoon, Avi Boaz, 72, of Maaleh Adumim, was cruelly beaten and then shot to death by Palestinian Authority terrorists near Bethlehem. The atrocity began when four Tanzim terrorists abducted Boaz and an Arab friend at a PA checkpoint outside the village of Beit Sahour. The PA naval police manning the location did nothing to stop the crime-in-progress. Boaz was driven to Beit Sahour where he was beaten and abused, shot with dozens of bullets, and left for dead. The victim\'s only daughter Idit later said that he \"trusted everyone\" and often frequented Arab areas in the framework of his contracting job. Avi Boaz immigrated to Israel from the United States, where he was born, in 1961. His wife died just ten days ago after a prolonged illness; he was buried alongside her this afternoon in Jerusalem.
It was learned that Israeli officials received at least one report from eyewitnesses who saw Avi Boaz in life-threatening danger. The IDF immediately notified the PA, but nothing was done to extricate him from the hands of the terrorists. Gush Etzion Regional Council head Sha\'ul Goldstein had sent a letter the day before the murder to Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan, IDF Central Command Chief Officer, warning that the removal of the closure on PA areas placed Israelis in immediate life-threatening danger.
On Monday night, Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, of Tiberias, was killed while manning an IDF checkpoint near Kedumim in the Shomron. The killers opened fire at the soldiers at a security checkpoint they had established only a short while before. Unit commander and medic Yaniv Uzi-Dan was moderately wounded when he was shot in the shoulder while he was administering first aid to Abu-Gani.