WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: PALESTINIAN MILITANTS ATTACK ISRAELI CAR SOUTH OF JERUSALEM, THREE INJURED.

Record ID: 355469

  • Title: WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: PALESTINIAN MILITANTS ATTACK ISRAELI CAR SOUTH OF JERUSALEM, THREE INJURED.
  • Date: 4th August 2003
  • Summary: (W7) ROAD CONNECTING WEST BANK TO JERUSALEM (AUGUST 3, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/MV/GV/PAN: NIGHTSHOTS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS WITH SNIFFER DOGS AT ATTACK SCENE; POLICE CAR WITH BLUE LIGHTS ON; SOLDIERS PUTTING ON HELMETS; EMERGENCY SOLDIERS AND VEHICLES (6 SHOTS) 1.08 2. GV/GV/PAN: AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL; STAFF TAKING IN CASUALTIES SU
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: ROAD CONNECTING WESTBANK AND JERUSALEM
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVAERN2X8C6KWRO2F2P92JBC79KW
  • Story Text: Palestinians attack Israeli car south of Jerusalem
    wounding three people


    Palestinian militants fired at an Israeli car south
    of Jerusalem, wounding a woman and a nine-year-old girl,
    rescue workers said on Sunday (August 3).

    It was a rare flare-up of violence since Palestinian
    militants waging a 34-month-old uprising for statehood
    declared a three-month truce on June 29.

    "We have evacuated a woman aged 39 and a nine-year-old
    girl who were wounded, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom
    Ambulance Service said. Israeli radio stations said a
    mother and her daughter were wounded, one of them
    seriously.

    Radio stations reported a third person was also hurt,
    but ambulance officials could not confirm the reports.

    The incident occurred on a road that connects the
    Jewish settlement of Har Gilo in the West Bank to
    Jerusalem, military sources said
    This evening, Israeli justice minister, Tommy Lapid
    said Israel has made a goodwill gesture by willing to
    release prisoners but was dissapointed by the reluctance of
    Palestinians to show any concessions.

    "Well, we've decided to free a few hundred prisoners
    such as have no blood on their hands. Is a show of goodwill
    towards Abu Mazen's government despite the fact that they
    don't do much in order to bring to a peaceful soution. "
    Israel has promised to release several hundred
    Palestinian prisoners within days.
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