MIDDLE EAST: An Israeli man is killed and his wife injured in what Israeli officials say appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants

Record ID: 354039

  • Title: MIDDLE EAST: An Israeli man is killed and his wife injured in what Israeli officials say appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants
  • Date: 11th October 2013
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 11, 2013) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI POLICE SPOKESMAN MICKY ROSENFELD SAYING: "The Israeli police, in coordination with the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), are carrying out an investigation and a hunt for the terrorists who carried out an attack, at two o' clock in the morning in the Jordan Valley, and murdered one Israeli man. Luckily, the wo
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
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  • Story Text: An Israeli man was killed and his wife injured in what appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants outside their home in a West Bank settlement overnight Friday (October 11), Israeli officials said.
    Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the middle-aged couple had apparently heard noises in their backyard and when the man stepped outside to investigate, he was attacked by at least two suspects wielding knives and axes.

    "The Israeli police, in coordination with the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), are carrying out an investigation and a hunt for the terrorists who carried out an attack, at two o' clock in the morning in the Jordan Valley, and murdered one Israeli man. Luckily, the woman who was with him managed to escape and is being treated in hospital at the moment," Rosenfeld said.
    The man's wife, Monique Ofer, was injured but managed to flee and call for help, Rosenfeld said. She was confined in hospital with a knee injury, and will undergo surgery, a physician said.
    Ofer described her husband Yaya as a well-loved military man, who served as a commander in the Gaza Strip.

    "(He was) an amazing man, an amazing father, amazing grandfather, amazing husband. There are no words, there was no one who didn't love him," Monique Ofer said.
    Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon told Israel Radio the attack could have had nationalistic motives, in their assessment.
    But officials said they had yet to rule out the possibility it was a criminal incident.
    Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has risen in the past few weeks.
    A nine-year-old Jewish girl was shot and seriously wounded last week in what police said was a suspected Palestinian militant attack. And last month two Israeli soldiers were killed in the territory in two separate incidents.
    Four Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since July, when Israel and the Palestinians restarted peace talks after a three-year stalemate.
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