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Nov. 19, 2003 PA setting up road blocks to find tunnel road shooter By LAMIA LAHOUD PA police set up check-points in Bethlehem on Wednesday to look for the Palestinian who carried out Tuesday's shooting attack in the city in which two soldiers were killed, a source close to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat said. He added that this was a result of the decision by the PA's security council to implement law and order. He did not know how and if the PA would punish the shooter if they apprehend him. The source close to Arafat said the Palestinian leader...

Oct. 29, 2003 Israeli couple wounded in shooting near Jenin By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Photo: IDF An Israeli couple were wounded, the husband seriously, when a terrorist opened fire at their vehicle as they drove on the road leading to Kadim near Jenin in the northern West Bank on Wednesday afternoon. Location of Wednesday's shooting attack Seven bullets hit the vehicle, wounding Valeri Weissbrott seriously in the jaw and his wife Nelly who was lightly wounded from shrapnel and suffered from shock. It is the third time the couple have been shot at by terrorists in exactly the same location, but...

Oct. 8, 2003 Three soldiers wounded in shooting attack in W. Bank By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN Gunmen opened fire on an IDF ambulance Wednesday night near Nablus wounding three soldiers, two moderately and one lightly, the army said. The attack took place near the village of Huwarwa in the West Bank and came as the IDF was heavily beefing up its forces in the territories and tightening the closure on the Palestinians in light of increasing threats of pending terrorist attacks. The army has already thrown in almost all of its standing combat forces into the territories, canceling courses and leaves....

A US official at the American embassy in Amman told Albawaba Wednesday that a ‘temporary’ American diplomat was involved in shooting attack Tuesday night in one of the Jordanian capital’s streets. The embassy’s press attaché, Justin H. Siberrel, said the incident took place around 11 PM Tuesday night near the third circle at Jabal Amman. He confirmed the diplomat was unharmed and in good health. Siberrel, however, declined to reveal the diplomat’s identity. The US attaché avoided speculations about the motives behind the attack, indicating that investigations by the Jordanian security services are underway.

Mar. 10, 2003 Large IDF force surrounding house in Hebron; 2 or 3 terrorists inside (UPDATE) By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF A large number of IDF forces have concentrated around the building near Hebron where a gang of terrorists fired on Israelis walking on the path leading from Kiryat Arba to the Tomb of the Patriarch two hours ago. Two, possibly three, terrorists are inside the building. 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. The IDF forces are...

<p>JERUSALEM — A suicide attack in Jerusalem and a fatal shooting north of Tel Aviv on Sunday undermined the optimism surrounding U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni's third cease-fire mission to the region.</p> <p>Israel reacted angrily to the shooting attack in Kfar Saba, in which a gunman killed one person and wounded six more, one critically. Zinni was in a meeting with Israeli President Moshe Katsav when word of the attack reached him, but he left the residence without commenting to reporters.</p>