Posted on 01/14/2002 12:19:21 PM PST by PotPan
18:35) Israeli killed in West Bank terror shooting By The Jerusalem Post Internet Staff
One Israeli was killed and two more were wounded just after 5:30 p.m. in a shooting attack northwest of Nablus in Samaria.
One of the victims was critically wounded, a second was moderately wounded, and a third very lightly wounded by Palestinian gunfire near the Kuchin intersection adjacent to Kedumim.
IDF doctors were unable to revive the critically wounded Israeli and he died in the field.
The moderately wounded Israeli was hit in his shoulder by gunfire, Israel Radio reported.
The wounded were treated by an IDF medical team on the scene and were later airlifted to Sheba Hospital at Tel Hashomer.
IDF and police forces are currently searching the area for the terrorists.
Two possible scenarios are now being investigated by security forces:
Palestinian gunmen in a passing vehicle opened fire and immediately fled the scene into nearby Palestinian Authority-controlled Kuchin.
Palestinian gunmen set an ambush and opened fire as the Israelis passed, then subsequently fled the scene.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction has claimed responsibility for the killing.
The shooting came just hours after Fatah said it would avenge the death of Tulkarm Tanzim commander Raed Mahmoud Karmi.
Palestinians claim Israel was responsible for the car bomb blast this morning in which Karmi was killed. In the wake of the blast, Fatah said will no longer abide by the Arafat-declared cease-fire.
Four Israeli soldiers were killed. All were Arab, 3 were Muslim, one was Christian.
Israeli soldiers carry the cofin of Arab Israeli soldier Ashraf Hawas during his funeral in the town of Bet Zarziv, January 10, 2002. Hawas was one of four Israeli soldiers killed on Wednesday by two Palestinian gunmen in a raid on a military post in Israel. The attack near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in which the gunmen also died, ended a three-week lull which had provided a glimmer of hope that Israel and the Palestinians might implement a truce-to-talks plan. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Relatives of Israeli soldier Ashraf Hawas cry during his funeral in the town of Bet Zarziv January 10, 2002. Hawas was killed in the Jan. 9 attack on an army post in southern Israel by a wing of the militant Islamic movement Hamas. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
Relatives of slain Israeli soldier Hanna Abu Ghannem cry during a funeral ceremony in the northern Israeli town of Haifa January 10, 2002. The soldier was killed the day before in a pre-dawn raid in southern Israel as Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israeli soldiers before being killed themselves. REUTERS/Havakuk Levison
Masked members of the Islamic militant group Hamas march in the West Bank City of Ramallah to mark the 14th anniversary of the Hamas movement's creation, January 12, 2002. Israel fired missiles at a Palestinian naval police dock in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday in retaliation for an attempt to smuggle a shipload of arms which Israeli commandos seized in the Red Sea last week. REUTERS/Osama Silwadi
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat attends a meeting at the Labor Ministry in the West Bank City of Ramallah January 9, 2002. Palestinian gunmen killed four Israeli soldiers (who were not Jewish but were Arab Muslims and Christians) in a raid in southern Israel that also cost the attackers their lives and ended a three-week lull in a more than 15 month of bloodshed. (Osama Silwadi/Reuters)
A Palestinian girl with an umbrella passes graffiti of a Hamas militant in Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza strip, Tuesday, Jan.8, 2002. The Palestinian Authority said Tuesday it will question government officials accused by Israel of trying to smuggle Iranian arms to the Gaza Strip, while an Israeli Cabinet minister criticized the United States for its muted response to the affair. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Fatah claims responsibility for Samaria killing
Palestinian Authority Chairman's Fatah faction has claimed responsibility for the early evening shooting attack that killed one Israeli and wounded two others in Samaria.
Fatah's military wing, the Aksa Battalions, carried out the deadly attacks.
Earlier today, security forces closed to unarmored cars the road along which the shooting was carried out due to warnings indicating an attack was imminent.
(Assuming a Kumbaya pose,)We must urge Israel to exercise restraint.(/sarcasm)The PAs arent going to play ball,I wish the Israeli Govt would unleash the IDF and get rid of these murdering bastards once and for all.Arafat is just as guilty as the the animals who pulled the trigger.
I wish the Palestinians and their Nazi champions would just go to hell
22:31 Jan-14-02 More on Nitzanei Oz Shooting Attack;
22:11 Jan-14-02 Soldiers Targeted by Gunfire West of Tul Karem;
21:47 Jan-14-02 Bullet Strikes Dining Room of Kibbutz Yad Chana Monday; Afternoon
20:04 Jan-14-02; Army Reports Increase in Attacks & Intelligence Community Warnings
19:17 Jan-14-02 Fatah: Fatal Attack Was First Granule In String of Attacks
19:17 Jan-14-02 El-Aqsa Brigade Claims Responsibility for Fatal Shooting Attack
19:04 Jan-14-02 Shooting Attack Near Har Bracha
18:57 Jan-14-02 Nitzanei Oz Targeted by Terrorist Gunfire
18:51 Jan-14-02 No Injuries in Abud Bypass Shooting Attack
17:48 Jan-14-02 No Injuries in Two Additional Shooting Attacks
17:39 Jan-14-02 Three Wounded in Shomron Shooting Attack
17:17 Jan-14-02 Soldier Seriously Wounded by Gunfire
13:35 Jan-14-02 Terrorist Apparently Killed While Preparing Car Bomb
10:49 Jan-14-02 Policeman Lightly Injured in Stone Throwing
07:32 Jan-14-02 Soldiers Attacked by Gunfire Near Elon Moreh
He always has been. In fact, he was an early player--Bin Laden probably thought of Arafat as his hero.
Every time I see one of these "demonstration" photographs of terrorists parading in masks, I ask myself the same question. These are public actions by Hamas and other terrorists. They happen at predictable times and places. Why, oh why, has not Israel attacked any of these demonstrations and shot everyone who is wearing a mask?
They could do it? Why don't they do it? These are all "martyrs in the making." Why not help them "meet Allah" BEFORE they kill Isrealu citizens with bombs or machineguns, rather than hunt them down piecemeal AFTER they have killed Israelis?
Congressman Billybob
Fatah agents did not just act on their own, but they have the backing of Arafat, and were acting on his orders. It is ludicrous that Israel allows Arafat to exist, after such attacks are carried out, but the Israelis have been beaten down by revisionist historians, to hate themselves and accept this sort of terror.
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