Palestinian terrorists attempted two murder attacks last night on a highway that has already exacted at least 17 Jewish victims of similar terrorism. A car arriving from Itamar was shot at as it approached Ofrah, and minutes later another car coming in the same direction was similarly fired upon. No one was hurt. Dozens of attacks have occurred on this highway in the past 30 months of Palestinian terrorism, yet the army has managed to catch only a small number of the terrorists involved.
The names of the 17 victims killed between Ofrah and Tapuach:
Sarah Lisha, 42; Corp. Elad Valenstein, 18; Corp. Amit Zana, 19 - murdered at the Halamish turnoff from the Shilo-Ofrah highway, Nov. 14, 2000.
Yehuda Chaim Shoham, 5 months old, hit by a large rock north of Shilo - June 5, 2001.
Seven soldiers, three civilians killed at Wadi Haramiya on March 3, 2002:
Lt. (res.) David Damelin, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Avraham Ezra, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eran Gad, Capt. Ariel Hovav, 1st Sgt. (res.) Rafael Levy, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Yochai Porat, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Kfir Weiss, Didi Yitzhak, Sergei Butarov, Vadim Galigulov.
Erez Rund, 17, of Ofrah, at Wadi Haramiya on June 6, 2002.
Avi and Avital Vilensky, north of Eli, on Aug. 5, 2002. They left two toddler orphans.
The names of the 17 victims killed between Ofrah and Tapuach:
Sarah Lisha, 42; Corp. Elad Valenstein, 18; Corp. Amit Zana, 19 - murdered at the Halamish turnoff from the Shilo-Ofrah highway, Nov. 14, 2000.
Yehuda Chaim Shoham, 5 months old, hit by a large rock north of Shilo - June 5, 2001.
Seven soldiers, three civilians killed at Wadi Haramiya on March 3, 2002:
Lt. (res.) David Damelin, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Avraham Ezra, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eran Gad, Capt. Ariel Hovav, 1st Sgt. (res.) Rafael Levy, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Yochai Porat, Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Kfir Weiss, Didi Yitzhak, Sergei Butarov, Vadim Galigulov.
Erez Rund, 17, of Ofrah, at Wadi Haramiya on June 6, 2002.
Avi and Avital Vilensky, north of Eli, on Aug. 5, 2002. They left two toddler orphans.