Palestinian attacks family of 6, including young children, with acid

The Times of Israel ^ | 12/12/2014 | ITAMAR SHARON

[Former Fetus]

Seven people, including a family of five with young children, were lightly wounded in the West Bank Friday afternoon when a Palestinian man hurled acid into their car, before being shot and seriously wounded.

The attack occurred near a checkpoint between the Gush Etzion settlement of Beitar Illit, where the family is from, and the Palestinian village of Husan, southwest of Jerusalem.

Palestinian news agency Ma’an identified the attacker as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghayatha, 45, from the West Bank village of Nahalin. Media networks affiliated with Hamas said the man was a former Palestinian prisoner in Israel jail, Israel Radio reported.

The IDF said in a statement Friday that he was “known to have been previously involved in illegal and hostile riots and activities.”

The father of the family, in his 50s, was said to have been hit in the face with the liquid, causing burns to his eyes. He was evacuated to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem for treatment. The mother, her three daughters aged 8 to 10, and her niece, were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital with light injuries.

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The IDF said he was armed with a screwdriver and then began chasing people. He was himself chased by the wounded hitchhiker as he tried to flee. An armed civilian who was driving by shot Ghayata twice in the lower extremities, seriously injuring him. The attacker was then apprehended by Border Police.

[Former Fetus]

I like the part about "an armed civilian who was driving by shot Ghayata twice". Israelis seem good at defending themselves! And for those naysayers who love to criticize families who move with their children into "occupied land", the West Bank is actually Judea and Samaria, that is, part of the historical land of Israel. So that family was living in Israel's ancestral lands, regardless of what the PA, the UN, the EU or the US say about it!

[ColdOne]

Palestine backed by this White House.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Idiot liberals the world over believe that if the Palestinians just had their own country the attacks would stop. As if you can turn off a lifetime of brainwashing to hate Jews.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

This hatred is supernatural and goes back all the way to Abraham’s screw up with Hagar that produced Ishmael.

It will never end until God puts it to an end. That end is coming very soon too.

[GladesGuru]

“Media networks affiliated with Hamas said the man was a former Palestinian prisoner in Israel jail, Israel Radio reported.”

‘Catch and Release’ for trout is a partially successful.

‘Catch & Release’ for Muslims is an abysmal failure.

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[Slings and Arrows]

Just another peaceful protest.

[hal ogen]

Oh, those fun-loving, peaceful moozlum acid-throwers! Remember, Geporge said it was a “religion of peace”.

[Slings and Arrows]

They really ought to be given their own state, you betcha.

[SunkenCiv]

The IDF said in a statement Friday that he was "known to have been previously involved in illegal and hostile riots and activities." ... The IDF said he was armed with a screwdriver and then began chasing people. He was himself chased by the wounded hitchhiker as he tried to flee. An armed civilian who was driving by shot Ghayata twice in the lower extremities, seriously injuring him. The attacker was then apprehended by Border Police.

[Eleutheria5]

This is the first I ever heard Betar Ilit called part of Gush Etzion. It’s nearby. It’s big. But as far as I know, it’s where Bar Kochba made his last stand, not anything to do with Gush Etzion.