Sgt. Kobi Ichelbaum, who was shot yesterday morning in Netzarim, died later in the day of his wounds. Hundreds took part in his funeral in Givatayim last night. A terrorist whose papers were being checked as he was waiting to enter Netzarim for \"work\" opened fire on him and on the local security guard; the latter suffered moderate wounds.



A 13-year-old boy was moderately-to-seriously wounded when a terrorist opened fire at a Bar Mitzvah celebration in Ashdod last night. He was arrested when his gun jammed; an unexploded grenade was later found at the site, apparently after it fell from his pocket. The terrorist and one or two accomplices planned to carry out the attack in Be\'er Sheva, but turned back and set off for Ashdod in the face of heavy police presence in Be\'er Sheva... Rabbi Haggai Cohen of Eli, head of the Kinor David yeshiva high school in Ateret, was shot and wounded last night as he drove near Ateret, between Jericho and Petach Tikvah. He is now listed in moderate condition after being operated on in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital... Terrorists attempted to murder a driver this morning between the north-Shomron towns of Shaked and Dotan; the victim, who turned out to be an Israeli-Arab, suffered moderate wounds and is hospitalized in HaEmek Hospital in Afula… A Kassam rocket was fired from Gaza towards Ashkelon last night; it landed south of the city, and caused no damage or injuries... Shots were fired once again at the Gilo neighborhood in southern Jerusalem this afternoon; no one was hurt...