Two shot dead in Mid-East ambush

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Two shot dead in Mid-East ambush


Two Israelis have been shot dead by suspected Palestinian gunmen on the edge of the West Bank, reports say.
The pair, a man and a woman, were driving between the city of Hebron and the Israeli city of Beersheba when their car was apparently fired on.

Correspondents say gunmen routinely target Israeli motorists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The incident came shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an army jeep in the Gaza Strip.

There were no casualties reported apart from the bomber himself.

Overturned car

Witnesses to the West Bank shooting said they had heard shooting and saw military vehicles rushing to the scene.

The shots were apparently fired from a passing car which fled the scene, Israel radio said.

They caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which then overturned.

Earlier in the day, Israeli police fired stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians at a contested holy site in Jerusalem.

Police stormed the compound - known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount - when Palestinians began rioting after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the site, police spokesman Gil Kleiman said.




Two Israelis have been shot dead by suspected Palestinian gunmen on the edge of the West Bank, reports say.
The pair, a man and a woman, were driving between the city of Hebron and the Israeli city of Beersheba when their car was apparently fired on.

Correspondents say gunmen routinely target Israeli motorists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The incident came shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an army jeep in the Gaza Strip.

There were no casualties reported apart from the bomber himself.

Overturned car

Witnesses to the West Bank shooting said they had heard shooting and saw military vehicles rushing to the scene.

The shots were apparently fired from a passing car which fled the scene, Israel radio said.

They caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which then overturned.

Earlier in the day, Israeli police fired stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians at a contested holy site in Jerusalem.

Police stormed the compound - known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount - when Palestinians began rioting after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the site, police spokesman Gil Kleiman said.

Disapointing

Not suprising.

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A young couple, Eitan and Rima Kukui were killed yesterday by terrorist fire as they were returning to their settlement, Shani, in the south Hebron hills from a family visit in Ashdod. Both Ahmed Jibril’s Popular Front-General Command and the El Aksa Martyrs’ Brigade of the Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the attack. Magen David Adom rescuers, who rushed to the scene of the attack, were unable to save the young couple.

The couple’s 2-year old daughter had been left in the care of her grandmother. On hearing of the deaths, Eitan Kukui’s sister, Tassia Levin, who also lives in Shani declared: “I'm going leave the settlement and move to Beersheba”.

The windscreen of the couple’s car was found shattered, and the entire vehicle perforated with bullet holes. Army radio reports that the terrorists probably fired first from a distance and then, when the car came to a halt, approached and shot the couple again at close range.

Air force planes joined army trackers in the search for the culprits and dropped flares in the area. Preliminary investigation points to two terrorists, who came from Shani's neighboring village of El Ramadin in southern Judea, crossed the Green Line and ambushed the couple as they were driving on the main Beersheba - Hebron road, between the Jewish settlement of Eshkolot and the Arab village of Sansana.

Southern District police chief, Commander Moshe Caradi said: “We knew that once the security barrier was constructed in the North and Center, there would be terrorist attacks in the South. This is a very grave attack and one we had feared would happen”.

Eitan Kukui’s family said that he had studied business management at Ben Gurion University and had worked in a kibbutz in the Negev. His wife, Rima Novikov, studied public administration at Sapir College. The couple had intended to leave the settlement and move to Beer Sheba. Kukui’s sister, Tassia, recounted that the couple were looking forward to celebrating their daughter’s second birthday.