(25 February 2002 – 21:30) Two terrorists opened fire at the last stop of the No. 25 bus in northern Jerusalem’s N’vei Yaakov neighborhood at about 6:30pm. Ten persons were wounded by gunfire, four seriously, including three policepersons.
Police arrived on the scene of the shooting attack almost immediately, opening fire at the terrorists, as did some civilians. One terrorist was wounded by police gunfire. Three policepersons were injured as well.
Earlier today, two civilians were murdered by terrorist gunfire in the eastern Gush Etzion area, between Tekoa and El-David (Nokdim). During the afternoon, in the Southern Hevron Hills area, a 16-year-old Hevron resident was seriously wounded by gunfire.
N’VEI YAAKOV ATTACK
Two terrorists opened fire on N’vei Yaakov & Leah Goldberg Streets in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of N’vei Yaakov, at the last stop of the No. 25 bus. Police arrived on the scene and began firing at the terrorists, wounding one of them. Three policepersons were wounded in the attack. The second terrorist fled to the neighboring Arab village of Darit el-Barid. A manhunt involving army and border police forces followed.
UPDATE ON THE WOUNDED
Hadassah Hospitals officials report receiving a total of eight victims from the attack. Four victims were transported to Hadassah Hospital in the Mount Scopus neighborhood, with two listed in serious condition, one moderate and one light. Hadassah Hospital in the Ein Kerem neighborhood reports a total four victims with two listed as serious and two moderate. Some of the more seriously wounded victims are undergoing emergency surgery, including the wounded terrorist.
AREA RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY ANGRY
N’vei Yaakov residents are extremely angry, calling on police and the government to do something to provide security for the seamline Jerusalem neighborhood. N’vei Yaakov borders many Arab neighborhoods and police admit penetrating the capital’s northernmost community is not too difficult.
TEKOA/EL DAVID FATAL SHOOTING ATTACK
Avraham Fisch, a resident of El David (Nokdim) was murdered by terrorist sniper fire along with another community resident whose name is not cleared for release at this time. The two were traveling from nearby Tekoa to El David, with two persons seated in the rear of the car, when sniper fire rang out. Fisch and the second man was gravely wounded and died on the scene a short time later. Fisch’s daughter Tamar Lifshitz, 33, was seriously wounded by gunfire to her lower abdomen. Complicating her situation was the fact that she was in the last weeks of her pregnancy. Tamar was transported to the trauma unit of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem where she was rushed into emergency surgery. Surgeons performed an emergency C-section, delivering a healthy baby daughter at 36 weeks gestation. A second victim, a 5-year-old girl, also seated in the rear of the car, sustained light physical injuries in the attack.
The attack occurred almost at the exact same location where El David resident Sarit Amrani, 26, was murdered by sniper fire on the morning of 20 September 2001. He husband Shai, 32, was very seriously wounded in the attack. The couple’s three children escaped physical injuries.
Avraham Fisch will be laid to rest on Tuesday. The funeral will begin at 1:00pm at the El David synagogue. Mr. Fisch will be laid to rest in the Kfar Etzion cemetery in Gush Etzion.
SOUTHERN HEVRON HILLS ATTACK
Hevron resident Mordehai Struk, 16, was wounded by terrorist gunfire in a drive-by shooting attack in the Southern Hevron Hills area near Carmiel. Struk sustained gunshot wounds to his back, a lung, and abdomen. He was transported to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba where he is listed in moderate-to-serious/stable condition.
Mrs. Orit Struk, the victim’s mother, stated, “the writing was on the walls,” explaining that following every relaxation of restriction on PA residents, attacks follow. Struk stated that everyone who participated in the latest decision to open area roads to Arab motorists shares in the responsibility for the latest attacks.
FATAH CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
The al-Aqsa Brigade of the Fatah terror organization has claimed responsibility for the attacks today, adding they coincide with seven years since Dr. Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Muslims in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpela), as well as 40 days since the death of senior terrorist Raed Karmi, killed in a Tul Karem explosion that the PA blames on Israel.
GOVERNMENT SAYS RETALIATION
Government sources responding to the latest waves of terror attacks indicated retaliatory strikes will be immediate and government will no longer maintain its policy of restraint as was seen over past days.
HOT WARNINGS OF MORE ATTACKS CONTINUE
The intelligence community has issued no less than twenty ‘hot warnings’ of possible attacks according to senior police commanders. Police Chief Shlomo Aharonishki has called for the hiring of an additional 10,000 policepersons to meeting the ongoing security demands. Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy following the N’vei Yaakov attack explained, “we are at war,” calling for an unyielding fight against terrorists.
OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS
Two bombs were safely neutralized in the northern Shomron near Sanur… A bomb was detonated against a bus in the Hevron area tonight… A vehicle was targeted by gunfire near Shim’a, in the Southern Hevron Hills. The vehicle was hit but there were no physical injuries… A bomb was thrown at a border police jeep in northern Jerusalem at the Atarot Industrial Park… Soldiers were targeted by gunfire in Gush Etzion; near el-Hader…There were no injuries.
Police arrived on the scene of the shooting attack almost immediately, opening fire at the terrorists, as did some civilians. One terrorist was wounded by police gunfire. Three policepersons were injured as well.
Earlier today, two civilians were murdered by terrorist gunfire in the eastern Gush Etzion area, between Tekoa and El-David (Nokdim). During the afternoon, in the Southern Hevron Hills area, a 16-year-old Hevron resident was seriously wounded by gunfire.
N’VEI YAAKOV ATTACK
Two terrorists opened fire on N’vei Yaakov & Leah Goldberg Streets in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of N’vei Yaakov, at the last stop of the No. 25 bus. Police arrived on the scene and began firing at the terrorists, wounding one of them. Three policepersons were wounded in the attack. The second terrorist fled to the neighboring Arab village of Darit el-Barid. A manhunt involving army and border police forces followed.
UPDATE ON THE WOUNDED
Hadassah Hospitals officials report receiving a total of eight victims from the attack. Four victims were transported to Hadassah Hospital in the Mount Scopus neighborhood, with two listed in serious condition, one moderate and one light. Hadassah Hospital in the Ein Kerem neighborhood reports a total four victims with two listed as serious and two moderate. Some of the more seriously wounded victims are undergoing emergency surgery, including the wounded terrorist.
AREA RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY ANGRY
N’vei Yaakov residents are extremely angry, calling on police and the government to do something to provide security for the seamline Jerusalem neighborhood. N’vei Yaakov borders many Arab neighborhoods and police admit penetrating the capital’s northernmost community is not too difficult.
TEKOA/EL DAVID FATAL SHOOTING ATTACK
Avraham Fisch, a resident of El David (Nokdim) was murdered by terrorist sniper fire along with another community resident whose name is not cleared for release at this time. The two were traveling from nearby Tekoa to El David, with two persons seated in the rear of the car, when sniper fire rang out. Fisch and the second man was gravely wounded and died on the scene a short time later. Fisch’s daughter Tamar Lifshitz, 33, was seriously wounded by gunfire to her lower abdomen. Complicating her situation was the fact that she was in the last weeks of her pregnancy. Tamar was transported to the trauma unit of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem where she was rushed into emergency surgery. Surgeons performed an emergency C-section, delivering a healthy baby daughter at 36 weeks gestation. A second victim, a 5-year-old girl, also seated in the rear of the car, sustained light physical injuries in the attack.
The attack occurred almost at the exact same location where El David resident Sarit Amrani, 26, was murdered by sniper fire on the morning of 20 September 2001. He husband Shai, 32, was very seriously wounded in the attack. The couple’s three children escaped physical injuries.
Avraham Fisch will be laid to rest on Tuesday. The funeral will begin at 1:00pm at the El David synagogue. Mr. Fisch will be laid to rest in the Kfar Etzion cemetery in Gush Etzion.
SOUTHERN HEVRON HILLS ATTACK
Hevron resident Mordehai Struk, 16, was wounded by terrorist gunfire in a drive-by shooting attack in the Southern Hevron Hills area near Carmiel. Struk sustained gunshot wounds to his back, a lung, and abdomen. He was transported to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba where he is listed in moderate-to-serious/stable condition.
Mrs. Orit Struk, the victim’s mother, stated, “the writing was on the walls,” explaining that following every relaxation of restriction on PA residents, attacks follow. Struk stated that everyone who participated in the latest decision to open area roads to Arab motorists shares in the responsibility for the latest attacks.
FATAH CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
The al-Aqsa Brigade of the Fatah terror organization has claimed responsibility for the attacks today, adding they coincide with seven years since Dr. Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Muslims in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpela), as well as 40 days since the death of senior terrorist Raed Karmi, killed in a Tul Karem explosion that the PA blames on Israel.
GOVERNMENT SAYS RETALIATION
Government sources responding to the latest waves of terror attacks indicated retaliatory strikes will be immediate and government will no longer maintain its policy of restraint as was seen over past days.
HOT WARNINGS OF MORE ATTACKS CONTINUE
The intelligence community has issued no less than twenty ‘hot warnings’ of possible attacks according to senior police commanders. Police Chief Shlomo Aharonishki has called for the hiring of an additional 10,000 policepersons to meeting the ongoing security demands. Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy following the N’vei Yaakov attack explained, “we are at war,” calling for an unyielding fight against terrorists.
OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS
Two bombs were safely neutralized in the northern Shomron near Sanur… A bomb was detonated against a bus in the Hevron area tonight… A vehicle was targeted by gunfire near Shim’a, in the Southern Hevron Hills. The vehicle was hit but there were no physical injuries… A bomb was thrown at a border police jeep in northern Jerusalem at the Atarot Industrial Park… Soldiers were targeted by gunfire in Gush Etzion; near el-Hader…There were no injuries.