Kesher Talk

Mother, three children and security gaurd killed last night: A woman, three of her children and a security guard were killed Thursday night in a terrorist infiltration of the Jewish community of Itamar in the West Bank, before soldiers subdued and killed the attacker, officials and witnesses said. Four other people were reported wounded in the exchanges of gunfire, a ten- and 13-year old child, and two Border Policemen. The infiltrator entered Itamar, a hilltop community near Nablus, at about 9:30 p.m., taking a family hostage, officials from the Samaria regional council and witnesses said. The ordeal lasted about two hours.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a broadcast by Lebanon's Al-Manar
television, which is affiliated with Hizbullah. (Jerusalem Post)

posted by Howard @ 6/21/2002 09:45:45 AM