An Arab terrorist disguised as an innocent olive picker shot and lightly wounded an IDF officer near the Beit El Military Court this afternoon, and was then shot and killed by IDF soldiers. The incident occurred only a few hundred meters from the entrance to the Beit El Military Base. It began when the "olive picker" standing in an olive grove overlooking the road aroused the suspicion of an officer driving by in a jeep, who called for reinforcements. In the meantime, the terrorist fired at the Israelis, and the arriving forces shot and killed him. Several shooting incidents have occurred on this section of the road, none of which, miraculously, ended with causalties. Beit El residents have often demanded that the army station a permanent guard in the area; a petition to this effect has been posted in local synagogues for the past week.