Two hours later, a lone Palestinian terrorist murdered three Israelis at the Kisufim Crossing entrance to Gush Katif in what military investigators described as a well planned ambush. The terrorist, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and grenades, managed to make his way to Kissufim, and shot at the car driven by Ganei Tal resident […]

(17 February 2002 – 19:58) Police report that a major terror attack in the Gush Dan area was thwarted late this afternoon when traffic police spotted a stolen white Mazda and then proceeded to stop the vehicle for inspection. The incident occurred on the Wadi Ara road near the army’s Base 80 at about 5:00pm. […]

(14 February 2002 – 23:18) An extremely powerful blast directed at a Merkavah-3 tank resulted in the wounding of four soldiers, with three reported in critical condition. At about 9:00pm, terrorists detonating what was described as an extremely powerful armor-piercing bomb targeted a tank responding to a shooting attack in the area of Netzarim, in […]

IDF forces continue to hold their positions in the PLO-controlled town of Beit Hanoun in Gaza, although they left nearby Dir el-Balah and Biet Lahiha this morning after only a few hours. Results of the actions so far: The thwarting of an imminent launching of a Kassam rocket, 18 Arabs arrested, the destruction of a […]

The limited range of the attacks drew sharp criticism from more than one government minister, as well as other public figures. Public Security Minister Uzi Landau, speaking this morning on Army Radio, called on Sharon to begin a “comprehensive ground assault” on the Palestinian Authority and its terrorist infrastructures. “Arafat is the enemy [and] the […]

The number of Israelis killed in terrorist attacks in the past 48 hours climbed to four early this afternoon when two Palestinians began shooting randomly at soldiers and others passers-by near an IDF base in the Negev city of Be’er Sheva. An army officer quickly shot and killed one of the terrorists; the other then […]

(9 February 2002 – 23:04) A female resident of the Shomron community of Maale Ephraim was murdered by terrorist gunfire not far from her home earlier tonight shortly before 10:00pm. The victim’s vehicle was targeted by gunfire in the area of the Arab village of Marda while traveling on the Trans-Samaria Highway between Tapuach Junction […]

The Arab terrorist who murdered a Jewish mother, her 11-year-old daughter and a soldier last night in the agricultural community of Hamra (see next story) was granted the equivalent of Palestinian “sainthood” by the PLO media. So reports Michael Widlanski of www.themedialine.org . Yasser Arafat’s Voice of Palestine radio opened its morning newscast by labeling […]

Two persons, including a mother and an infant, were killed in the terrorist attack in Moshav Chamra, in the central Jordan Valley. At about 8:00pm Wednesday night, terrorist gunfire was directed at a patrol in the community. Two terrorists infiltrated the community in the area of the hothouses. A shootout ensued while reinforcements responded. Forces […]

Arabs opened fire on an Israeli vehicle this afternoon seriously wounding 46-year-old Safed resident Moshe Vaknin in the stomach. The incident occurred in Hawara, 25 miles north of Jerusalem. Vaknin continued driving several minutes to the approach road to Yitzhar, where he collapsed. A military helicopter transported him to Tel Aviv’s Tel HaShomer-Sheba Hospital where […]