As Israel still licks her wounds from the tragic collapse of the Versailles banquet hall late last week, PLO-associated terrorist groups continue their war on Israel. One person was killed in Friday\'s terrorist car bomb attack in Hadera and sixty were injured. The latest Palestinian offensive hit late last night and early this morning in Jerusalem in the form of two car bombs. The first explosive was detonated next to the Russian Compound in downtown Jerusalem, adjacent to the city\'s courthouse complex. At the time of the blast, dozens of young people were dining inside the string of pubs and lounges that line the alleyways adjacent to the Russian compound complex. Miraculously, nobody was physically injured from the blast, but several people were taken to hospital suffering from shock.
Approximately nine hours later another powerful car bomb exploded in Jerusalem at the corner of Jaffa and Heshin streets - near Zion Square, only a hundred meters from the previous blast. An apparent miracle occurred in this second attack, as well: The explosion caused only light shrapnel injuries and cuts to seventeen people; the victims, as well as other passersby, were taken to local hospitals suffering from shock and hysteria.
An eyewitness to the blast, Elkana Perel, was standing a few blocks away when the second bomb went off: \"I suddenly heard an extremely loud explosion. The blast physically shook me - I still feel the sensation in my stomach now, several hours after the bombing. The whole of downtown Jerusalem was filled with smoke and with the smell of a fire. Nails that were in the car bomb reached the road where I was standing - several hundred meters away.\" Jerusalem Resident Chaim Tzur was on his way to work: \"After the explosion, the bus I was on had to change its route. There was a lot of smoke and a smell of burning. People were shoving and running. On Ben Yehuda street there was a woman screaming; she appeared to be in a state of shock... \"
This morning\'s car-bomb was characterized by a significant new twist: it included six mortar shells ejected from the car at the time of the blast. Police bomb experts said that it was a miracle that none of the shells exploded, and that no people were injured by any one of the six mortars. One landed on the roof of a building while another landed in Independence Park, several streets away. Israel Television noted today that the large number of mortar shells loaded in the vehicle serve as a reminder that the Palestinians now have mortars in the Jerusalem area as well as in the Gaza Strip. Police cordoned off much of downtown Jerusalem and transported the unexploded mortar shells to a safe location outside of the city.
The Iran and Syria-backed Hizbullah terrorist organization televised live footage of the attack as the Arab television announcer stressed the initimate coordination between Hizbullah and Palestinian terrorist organizations.
Approximately nine hours later another powerful car bomb exploded in Jerusalem at the corner of Jaffa and Heshin streets - near Zion Square, only a hundred meters from the previous blast. An apparent miracle occurred in this second attack, as well: The explosion caused only light shrapnel injuries and cuts to seventeen people; the victims, as well as other passersby, were taken to local hospitals suffering from shock and hysteria.
An eyewitness to the blast, Elkana Perel, was standing a few blocks away when the second bomb went off: \"I suddenly heard an extremely loud explosion. The blast physically shook me - I still feel the sensation in my stomach now, several hours after the bombing. The whole of downtown Jerusalem was filled with smoke and with the smell of a fire. Nails that were in the car bomb reached the road where I was standing - several hundred meters away.\" Jerusalem Resident Chaim Tzur was on his way to work: \"After the explosion, the bus I was on had to change its route. There was a lot of smoke and a smell of burning. People were shoving and running. On Ben Yehuda street there was a woman screaming; she appeared to be in a state of shock... \"
This morning\'s car-bomb was characterized by a significant new twist: it included six mortar shells ejected from the car at the time of the blast. Police bomb experts said that it was a miracle that none of the shells exploded, and that no people were injured by any one of the six mortars. One landed on the roof of a building while another landed in Independence Park, several streets away. Israel Television noted today that the large number of mortar shells loaded in the vehicle serve as a reminder that the Palestinians now have mortars in the Jerusalem area as well as in the Gaza Strip. Police cordoned off much of downtown Jerusalem and transported the unexploded mortar shells to a safe location outside of the city.
The Iran and Syria-backed Hizbullah terrorist organization televised live footage of the attack as the Arab television announcer stressed the initimate coordination between Hizbullah and Palestinian terrorist organizations.