Ruthie Shwai, 46, will be buried in Kfar Sava today, after her murder last night in the ceaseless Palestinian terrorist war against Israel. She and her husband had just left their home in the Shomron community of Alfei Menashe, close to the Green Line northeast of Tel Aviv, when shots rang out from a passing vehicle. Both Ruthie and her husband were hit, but he was lightly wounded and continued driving to an army checkpoint, where emergency medical crews attempted to resuscitate his wife. She died en route to the hospital. Palestinian terrorism has now struck down 19 Israelis in the past 19 days.
Residents of Alfei Menashe are angered at what they feel are the feeble military measures that have been taken, saying that they warned only the night before that Arabs were shooting in the area. Army officers arrived in the community last night to talk with the residents. Alfei Menashe Mayor Chisdai Eliezer said this morning that the only way to control the recent wave of terrorism is to retake the PA cities - and to emphasize the point, he and Shomron Regional Council head Bentzi Lieberman and Karnei Shomron Council head Hudi Lieberman attempted to walk straight into the PA-controlled city of Kalkilyeh today. \"Israel will have to retake these cities in any event,\" he said, \"such that the only question is how much blood will have to be spilled first.\" Needless to say, the army did not allow the three leaders to pass into Kalkilyeh.
The army\'s retaliation for the murder: the destruction of a PA position in Kalkilyeh early this morning, and an attack on another position near Ariel. The army also attacked PA installations in Jericho and Jenin. The PA reports 3 dead, and Israel suffered no casualties.
Less than an after last night\'s murder, other Palestinian terrorists shot and lightly wounded an Israeli motorist near the Dolev-Talmonim junction, northwest of Jerusalem.
Residents of Alfei Menashe are angered at what they feel are the feeble military measures that have been taken, saying that they warned only the night before that Arabs were shooting in the area. Army officers arrived in the community last night to talk with the residents. Alfei Menashe Mayor Chisdai Eliezer said this morning that the only way to control the recent wave of terrorism is to retake the PA cities - and to emphasize the point, he and Shomron Regional Council head Bentzi Lieberman and Karnei Shomron Council head Hudi Lieberman attempted to walk straight into the PA-controlled city of Kalkilyeh today. \"Israel will have to retake these cities in any event,\" he said, \"such that the only question is how much blood will have to be spilled first.\" Needless to say, the army did not allow the three leaders to pass into Kalkilyeh.
The army\'s retaliation for the murder: the destruction of a PA position in Kalkilyeh early this morning, and an attack on another position near Ariel. The army also attacked PA installations in Jericho and Jenin. The PA reports 3 dead, and Israel suffered no casualties.
Less than an after last night\'s murder, other Palestinian terrorists shot and lightly wounded an Israeli motorist near the Dolev-Talmonim junction, northwest of Jerusalem.