Katia Veintraub, 27, of the northern Shomron town of Ganim, was buried in the Afula cemetery this afternoon. She was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists at a junction near her home yesterday; her 4-year-old son, who was also in the car, was not hurt. Another woman from Ganim, traveling in a separate car nearby in accordance with army instructions to travel in pairs, was also shot; she is listed in moderate condition. The two vehicles were at the entrance to the local bypass road intended to provide Israeli motorists a safe travel route, but which has now become almost a \"sure shot\" for terrorists who realize that most cars traveling there are of Jews.
Officials admitted that an ambulance was delayed in arriving at the scene; the army held it up because it was not bulletproof. The Yesha Council reports that there are only three bulletproof civilian ambulances operating in all of Yesha; Council spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef says the situation demands 18 armor-plated ambulances, but there are no funds available to acquire them. An armored IDF personnel carrier had been stationed at the junction until ten days ago, when it was removed as Israel began its one-sided implementation of the Tenet ceasefire agreement. Ganim residents plan to demonstrate this Sunday outside the Prime Minister\'s office and demand that the government liquidate terrorism.
The Reuters news agency took advantage of the murder to report that it \"brought the toll to seven Israelis and eight Palestinians killed since the ceasefire took effect on June 13.\" Media expert Yisrael Medad notes that Reuters thus did not distinguish between those who were killed while engaged in life-threatening activity against Israeli soldiers, and the Israelis who were all murdered in cold blood while either driving to and from home or while offering help to an Arab they believed to be in distress.
Officials admitted that an ambulance was delayed in arriving at the scene; the army held it up because it was not bulletproof. The Yesha Council reports that there are only three bulletproof civilian ambulances operating in all of Yesha; Council spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef says the situation demands 18 armor-plated ambulances, but there are no funds available to acquire them. An armored IDF personnel carrier had been stationed at the junction until ten days ago, when it was removed as Israel began its one-sided implementation of the Tenet ceasefire agreement. Ganim residents plan to demonstrate this Sunday outside the Prime Minister\'s office and demand that the government liquidate terrorism.
The Reuters news agency took advantage of the murder to report that it \"brought the toll to seven Israelis and eight Palestinians killed since the ceasefire took effect on June 13.\" Media expert Yisrael Medad notes that Reuters thus did not distinguish between those who were killed while engaged in life-threatening activity against Israeli soldiers, and the Israelis who were all murdered in cold blood while either driving to and from home or while offering help to an Arab they believed to be in distress.