An Israeli woman is killed in an attack in front of her six-year-old daughter. Another attack claims two lives – a father and his son.
A 40-year-old Israeli woman was killed in a shooting south of Hebron on Monday morning. The attacker opened fire from a passing car.
A 39-year-old man suffered very serious injuries. He was transported to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. The murdered woman's 12-year-old daughter was unharmed. The man had given them both a ride in his vehicle.
The victim is Bacheva Nagari, a kindergarten teacher from the settlement of Beit Hagai. She has two other children. At the time of the attack, the Israeli driver had slowed down as they approached a roundabout.
The Palestinian vehicle apparently cut off the Israelis' escape route, the newspaper "Yediot Aharonot" reported, citing the army. More than 20 shots were fired at close range, likely from an automatic weapon. The military sealed off the city of Hebron and the surrounding Palestinian villages to search for the perpetrator(s).
Father and son killed
Just on Saturday, a Palestinian terrorist murdered a 60-year-old Israeli man and his 28-year-old son in Huwara. The two victims, Shay Silas Nigreker and Aviad Nir, had visited a car wash in the Palestinian village south of Nablus. According to initial findings, the Palestinian man approached in his car, got out, shot the Israelis, and fled. The army set up roadblocks and launched a search operation.
After the attack, Palestinian residents and Red Crescent workers attempted to resuscitate the two Israelis. However, when paramedics from the Israeli rescue organization Star of David arrived, they could only pronounce the victims dead. As the newspaper Haaretz notes, the Palestinians' behavior was partly due to their initial mistaking the Israelis for Arabs.
The terrorist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad praised the perpetrators as "heroic shooters," claiming they were responding appropriately to the expansion of Israeli settlement construction.
No organization claimed responsibility for the attack in Huwara. The "Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades," the military wing of Fatah, the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack near Hebron.
Israeli rescued from Palestinian village
On Sunday evening, Palestinians in Turmus Ajja set fire to an Israeli vehicle and threw stones at the driver. He had mistakenly entered the Palestinian village between Ramallah and Nablus.
Some Palestinians tried to protect the Israeli from the attackers. He was handed over to the army and thus rescued. For security reasons, Israelis are only allowed to enter Palestinian-administered Area A with the military's permission.
In Turmus Ajja, settlers set fire to vehicles and fields in May. A Palestinian man was seriously injured in the ensuing clashes. (Israelnetz)
