A resident of Kokhav Yaakov was saved from a shooting attack last night. Arab terrorists opened fire on him as he passed by Sinjil, near Shilo, in the Binyamin region, puncturing his car's tire and hitting the clutch. The uninjured driver radioed for help from his disabled car, and security officers from the nearby Jewish towns responded quickly. The attack occurred only 100 meters away from the spot where Ofrah teenager Erez Rund was murdered ten weeks ago. Israeli security forces know the murderer's identity, but he has yet to be apprehended. Several dozen residents of the Shilo-Eli area demonstrated at the site of last night's attack, demanding better protection from the army.
Slightly further north, another Israeli vehicle was hit by gunfire this afternoon near the Arab village of Luban el-Sharkiya. No one was hurt. Avi Vilensky and his wife Avital were murdered two weeks ago by terrorists from the same Arab village... Two soldiers were lightly wounded by Palestinian fire in Jenin this morning; one was taken to the hospital for treatment... Soldiers found and neutralized a bomb without incident in the Shechem area this afternoon...
Violence in Jewish areas of Gaza, 35-40 kilometers south of Ashkelon, continued this afternoon, including mortar shells against a Gush Katif community and gunfire against soldiers in Kfar Darom; no one was hurt... Israel's Highway #1, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, was closed for about an hour this afternoon after police found a suspicious bag in the Lifta area. They later declared that the bag had contained a bomb, which was safely detonated in a secluded location...
Slightly further north, another Israeli vehicle was hit by gunfire this afternoon near the Arab village of Luban el-Sharkiya. No one was hurt. Avi Vilensky and his wife Avital were murdered two weeks ago by terrorists from the same Arab village... Two soldiers were lightly wounded by Palestinian fire in Jenin this morning; one was taken to the hospital for treatment... Soldiers found and neutralized a bomb without incident in the Shechem area this afternoon...
Violence in Jewish areas of Gaza, 35-40 kilometers south of Ashkelon, continued this afternoon, including mortar shells against a Gush Katif community and gunfire against soldiers in Kfar Darom; no one was hurt... Israel's Highway #1, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, was closed for about an hour this afternoon after police found a suspicious bag in the Lifta area. They later declared that the bag had contained a bomb, which was safely detonated in a secluded location...