Monday, June 19, 2006

19-Jun-06: Bus Ambushed

Palestinian gunmen ambush and open fire on an Israeli bus today near Ofra, a Jewish community some 30 kilometers north of where we live (in Jerusalem). Three young women, all passengers on the bus, are lightly wounded by gunfire; three additional young women are treated for shock. It's later discovered that six bullet holes puncture the sides of the bus. The army is currently carrying out a manhunt for the terrorists. This the second drive-by shooting attack on Israelis in the past week. 

The earlier attack resulted in the death of the driver of a car who, though he was an Israeli Arab, was evidently mistaken for an Israeli Jew. Lethal distinctions of this kind are of the greatest importance to a terror-minded enemy with religious hatred and racist intolerance on their minds.

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