The victims in yesterday\'s terrorist shooting in a coffee shop outside a school in the southern Israeli city of Be\'er Sheva were buried today. Lt. Keren Rothstein, 20, from Ashkelon, was laid to rest in the military section of the Ashkelon cemetery, and Cpl. Aya Malachi, 18, of Moshav Ein HaBesor, was buried in her home community. Keren was a culture and education officer in the IDF Southern Command, survived by her parents, twin sister Idit and younger sister Chen. Aya Malachi was a non-commissioned education officer, survived by her father, brother, and two sisters. Three women wounded in the attack remain hospitalized in the Soroka Medical Center in Be\'er Sheva, including one in serious/critical condition.
The terrorist who was later found to be wearing an explosives-laden vest was killed outside the gates of an elementary school in which many classes were underway. Police investigators have determined that his plan was in fact to carry out his suicide explosion inside the building. A 6th-grade teacher told Arutz-7\'s Moshe Priel today, \"We heard a round of shots… The father of one of the pupils came and told us to get into a classroom and told us to lie on the floor. Spontaneously, all the children began to recite Tehillim (Psalms)…\"
Police have learned that Arabs with Israeli citizenship assisted the two terrorists in getting to Be\'er Sheva from the Hevron area and in directing them to a suitable target. Prior to the attack, one of the terrorists stayed in the home of a local Israeli-Arab. The Arabs drove to the scene of their murderous attack in a car stolen from Israel two weeks ago.
The terrorist who was later found to be wearing an explosives-laden vest was killed outside the gates of an elementary school in which many classes were underway. Police investigators have determined that his plan was in fact to carry out his suicide explosion inside the building. A 6th-grade teacher told Arutz-7\'s Moshe Priel today, \"We heard a round of shots… The father of one of the pupils came and told us to get into a classroom and told us to lie on the floor. Spontaneously, all the children began to recite Tehillim (Psalms)…\"
Police have learned that Arabs with Israeli citizenship assisted the two terrorists in getting to Be\'er Sheva from the Hevron area and in directing them to a suitable target. Prior to the attack, one of the terrorists stayed in the home of a local Israeli-Arab. The Arabs drove to the scene of their murderous attack in a car stolen from Israel two weeks ago.