Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has approved permanent housing for the Admot Yeshai (Tel Romeida) neighborhood in Hevron. Seven caravans, which currently stand in pairs one on top of the other, will be replaced by genuine buildings. Ben-Eliezer said that in light of the increasing number of shooting attempts at the Jewish residents in Hevron, there is no choice but to replace the thin-walled caravans.
Eliezer Afarsimon, who has lived in Admot Yeshai with his wife and several children for almost three years, spoke with Arutz-7 today: \"What I don\'t understand is, Why this is news? What could be more natural than Jews building homes in Eretz Yisrael, and especially in Hevron?\" The 18-year-old neighborhood, located exclusively on land known to have been owned by Jews at the beginning of the century, boasts almost 50 children in its seven families. Afarsimon noted that there is a long line of people waiting to move in to Hevron and to Admot Yeshai, \"but the only problem is the lack of homes.\" Despite the difficulties, the number of Jewish families in Hevron is now close to 80, more than a 15% increase over the past year.
Last night, a Jewish Hevron boy was lightly wounded by sniper fire while playing basketball in Beit Hadassah. The 12-year-old was hit by a bullet fragment that cut his arm; he was treated on the scene by an army medic. Israeli soldiers returned gunfire; a short time later, the soldiers were shot at, and exchanges of fire continued sporadically. A Hevron spokesman once again warned that \"if the army does not retake the hills surrounding Hevron\'s Jewish neighborhoods - Abu Sneineh to the south and Harat a\'Sheikh to the north - there will be a serious escalation in shooting attacks.\"
Eliezer Afarsimon, who has lived in Admot Yeshai with his wife and several children for almost three years, spoke with Arutz-7 today: \"What I don\'t understand is, Why this is news? What could be more natural than Jews building homes in Eretz Yisrael, and especially in Hevron?\" The 18-year-old neighborhood, located exclusively on land known to have been owned by Jews at the beginning of the century, boasts almost 50 children in its seven families. Afarsimon noted that there is a long line of people waiting to move in to Hevron and to Admot Yeshai, \"but the only problem is the lack of homes.\" Despite the difficulties, the number of Jewish families in Hevron is now close to 80, more than a 15% increase over the past year.
Last night, a Jewish Hevron boy was lightly wounded by sniper fire while playing basketball in Beit Hadassah. The 12-year-old was hit by a bullet fragment that cut his arm; he was treated on the scene by an army medic. Israeli soldiers returned gunfire; a short time later, the soldiers were shot at, and exchanges of fire continued sporadically. A Hevron spokesman once again warned that \"if the army does not retake the hills surrounding Hevron\'s Jewish neighborhoods - Abu Sneineh to the south and Harat a\'Sheikh to the north - there will be a serious escalation in shooting attacks.\"