The terrorists shot Shok in the head from their passing car as he drove toward his home at Bet Haggai, 20 miles south of Jerusalem. He was rushed to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where he was pronounced dead. Two sisters, also from Bet Haggai and who were in the vehicle, were not injured when the terrorists struck shortly afternoon near the Har Menoach headquarters of the IDF.
Shok leaves behind his wife and five children between the ages of one month and nine years. His funeral is scheduled for Sunday morning from Bet Haggai. He was a member of Bet Haggai's emergency defense unit and served on the community's central committee. A native of Netanya, Shok moved to the southern Hevron Hills community shortly after he married. He worked as an engineer for the town of nearby Kiryat Arba.
Bet Haggai spokesman Yair Lior, son of Kiryat Arba Rabbi Dov Lior, asserted that the terrorists used an approach road from the Hevron area village of Fawwar, where the IDF took down an army check post the morning of the attack.
The IDF closed the highway after the murder, but did not find the terrorists or their vehicle. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists claimed they carried out the attack. The IDF has implemented a temporary general closure on Arab traffic in all of Judea and Samaria except for clergymen wanting to prepare for Christian holidays.
Brigadier General Yair Golan, head of the army command in Judea and Samaria, said he is sorry for Arabs who will suffer inconvenience by the IDF's having to increase patrols and checkpoints and carry out more thorough inspections.
The army consistently has decreased patrols on the road and then restored them after terrorist attacks on Highway 60, which connects Jerusalem with Gush Etzion and the southern Hevron Hills communities.
Two yeshiva high school students were killed this past summer on Highway 60 near the entrance to Bet Haggai, and three people - a yeshiva high school student and two young women - were slain in mid-October at the Gush Etzion junction. Each of the attacks occurred shortly after the army took down checkpoints as good will measures for the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Hevron Hills regional council chairman Tzviki Bar Chai, who once served as an aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when he was Infrastructures Minister during the government of Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, blamed the Prime Minister and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz for Shok's death. "The terrorists are telling us that there is no one with whom to talk. Their intention is to open up traffic from Gaza to the Hevron Hills and increase terror," Bar Chai stated.
Knesset Member Uri Ariel (National Union) also blamed soft governmental policies for the attack. "The Prime Minister and Defense Minister allowed armed Arabs on the roads in order to ensure Palestinian Authority (PA) elections despite repeated warnings of the danger of causing terrorist attacks against Israelis," he said
An aide to the Prime Minister declared that the government will not tolerate terror. David Baker said, "While the Palestinian Authority doesn't lift a finger to fight terror against Israelis, Israel cannot be expected to sit by idly, nor will we."
Lior of Bet Haggai said, "The murderer is sitting in Sharon's bureau."
Shok leaves behind his wife and five children between the ages of one month and nine years. His funeral is scheduled for Sunday morning from Bet Haggai. He was a member of Bet Haggai's emergency defense unit and served on the community's central committee. A native of Netanya, Shok moved to the southern Hevron Hills community shortly after he married. He worked as an engineer for the town of nearby Kiryat Arba.
Bet Haggai spokesman Yair Lior, son of Kiryat Arba Rabbi Dov Lior, asserted that the terrorists used an approach road from the Hevron area village of Fawwar, where the IDF took down an army check post the morning of the attack.
The IDF closed the highway after the murder, but did not find the terrorists or their vehicle. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists claimed they carried out the attack. The IDF has implemented a temporary general closure on Arab traffic in all of Judea and Samaria except for clergymen wanting to prepare for Christian holidays.
Brigadier General Yair Golan, head of the army command in Judea and Samaria, said he is sorry for Arabs who will suffer inconvenience by the IDF's having to increase patrols and checkpoints and carry out more thorough inspections.
The army consistently has decreased patrols on the road and then restored them after terrorist attacks on Highway 60, which connects Jerusalem with Gush Etzion and the southern Hevron Hills communities.
Two yeshiva high school students were killed this past summer on Highway 60 near the entrance to Bet Haggai, and three people - a yeshiva high school student and two young women - were slain in mid-October at the Gush Etzion junction. Each of the attacks occurred shortly after the army took down checkpoints as good will measures for the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Hevron Hills regional council chairman Tzviki Bar Chai, who once served as an aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when he was Infrastructures Minister during the government of Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, blamed the Prime Minister and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz for Shok's death. "The terrorists are telling us that there is no one with whom to talk. Their intention is to open up traffic from Gaza to the Hevron Hills and increase terror," Bar Chai stated.
Knesset Member Uri Ariel (National Union) also blamed soft governmental policies for the attack. "The Prime Minister and Defense Minister allowed armed Arabs on the roads in order to ensure Palestinian Authority (PA) elections despite repeated warnings of the danger of causing terrorist attacks against Israelis," he said
An aide to the Prime Minister declared that the government will not tolerate terror. David Baker said, "While the Palestinian Authority doesn't lift a finger to fight terror against Israelis, Israel cannot be expected to sit by idly, nor will we."
Lior of Bet Haggai said, "The murderer is sitting in Sharon's bureau."