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Mar. 13, 2003 Father and son shot in apparent terror attack in capital (UPDATE) By ETGAR LEFKOVITS Two Israeli motorists, a father and son, were shot and wounded in their vehicle in Jerusalem's Musrara neighborhood Thursday evening, in what police are calling an apparent terror attack. The son was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded, while the father was moderately wounded by a bullet in his shoulder. The two Israelis were sitting in their car on the neighborhood's Rehov Daniel at about 6: 15 p.m. when an young armed assailant approached their vehicle on foot, and then shot them...

Mar. 11, 2003 Hamas also takes responsibility for Hebron attack By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Hamas' military wing has also taken responsibility for Monday night's sniper attack in Hebron in which an Israeli soldier was killed and four others wounded. In a statement released to the media, Hamas named the terrorist as Hafez Rajbi, a resident of a nearby Hebron neighborhood. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command had earlier claimed responsibility for the attack. Sgt. Tomer Ron, 20, from Moshav Moledet, an IDF soldier, was killed and four others wounded by at least one sniper...

Mar. 11, 2003 Two bodies found near Gaza community (UPDATE) By ERIK SCHECHTER The bodies of two Palestinian gunmen were found today outside the community of Kfar Darom in the southern Gaza Strip, military sources said. The IDF said that troops spotted the two men digging near the settlement and opened fire on them. Their bodies were found Tuesday right next to a security fence on the perimeter of Kfar Darom. Knives and a bag with a dozen pipe bombs were found nearby, the army said. The ages and names of the two were not immediately known. (With The Associated...

Mar. 11, 2003 Standoff with Hebron terrorists still under way (UPDATE) By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF The standoff with the terrorists who killed an Israeli and wounded four others earlier Monday evening is still under way. Two, possibly three terrorists are holed up inside a building near Hebron, which is surrounded by a large IDF force; comprised of Battalion 50 of the Nahal brigade, the Lavi battalion, and a Special Forces unit of the Nahal brigade have surrounded the building. Palestinians opened fire on Israelis traveling the road between Kiryat Arba and the Tomb of the Patriarchs at about...

Required: More Readiness at Home Col. (res.) Moshe Leshem, a founding member of Gamla Shall Not Fall Again, told Arutz-7 today that in light of the fact that Sabbath night meals have become a preferred target of the terrorists, "we have no choice but to simply be more prepared. The government is responsible for prevention, and when it wants to, it can do a good job, such as the liquidation of [Hamas arch-terrorist] Makadme in Gaza this week… But inside the yishuvim [Yesha communities], we have to keep the doors locked, no matter how trivial this may sound... Secondly,...

Mar. 10, 2003 Man seriously wounded in Hebron attack (UPDATE) By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF One Israeli was seriously wounded when Palestinians opened fire near the tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron a short while ago. Emergency medical crews are treating the wounded man at the scene. The IDF is conducting searches in the area of Hebron and Kiryat Arba for the gunmen, reports Israel Radio.

Palestinian gunmen kill 2 Israeli soldiers in Nablus JERUSALEM Two Palestinian gunmen attacked an Israeli Army post in the West Bank city of Nablus before dawn Thursday, killing an Israeli officer and a soldier before they were shot to death. In what the police were treating as a terrorist incident, a police officer shot and killed an unidentified Arab man in northern Israel after he stabbed another officer, lightly wounding him, the police said. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces, apparently firing from helicopters, killed two 21-year-old nurses at a hospital for rehabilitating the disabled, Palestinian officials said. The...