WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: ISRAELI SETTLERS TRAVELLING IN CAR ATTACKED BY PALESTINIAN MILITANTS, LATEST.

Record ID: 355747

  • Title: WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: ISRAELI SETTLERS TRAVELLING IN CAR ATTACKED BY PALESTINIAN MILITANTS, LATEST.
  • Date: 3rd August 2003
  • Summary: (W8) HAR GILO SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (AUGUST 3, 2003) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) 1. TRACK: POLICEMEN AND ATTACKED CAR IN BACKGROUND 0.10 (U7) HAR GILO SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (AUGUST 3, 2003) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) 2. MCU/MV: ISRAELI POLICEMEN PUTTING ON HELMETS (2 SHOTS) 0.20 (W8) HAR GILO SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (AUGUST 3, 2003) (REUTERS-
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: VARIOUS, WEST BANK/JERUSALEM
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA3AJSCQ2KBXG8B6I85J78VL12Q
  • Story Text: Palestinian militants have attacked a car in which
    Jewish settlers were travelling on the road that connects
    the West Bank to Jerusalem


    Palestinian militants wounded an Israeli mother and
    her three children in a shooting at their car near a Jewish
    settlement in the West Bank on Sunday, the Israeli army and
    rescue workers said.

    "There was a incident of shooting at a family. The
    mother of the family , a 39-year-old woman, is in serious
    condition. Her daughter was hit with multiple gun shot
    wounds as well, in moderate condition. Both are at Hadassa
    hospital," said Dr Glick who treated the wounded at the
    scene.

    The attack on a road connecting the settlement of Har
    Gilo to Jerusalem was a rare flare-up of violence since
    Palestinian militants waging a 34-month-old uprising
    against Israeli occupation declared a three-month truce on
    June 29.

    Ra'anan Gissin, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
    Sharon, has already reacted to the attack.

    "Regretably, tonight's terrorist attack is another grim
    reminder, and a bloody one, that there is really no
    substitute - to quote President Bush - for 'sustained,
    targeted and effective operations against those involved in
    terrorism. The ..... cannot serve as a substitute. Any kind
    of agreement with a terrorist organisation cannot really
    serve as a replacement to this sustained effort to
    dismantle the terrorist infrastructure and terrorist
    organisation."
    But the Palestinian authority's information minister,
    Yasser Abed Rabbo said that these incidents occur because
    Israel doesn't want to withdraw from Palestinian
    territories.

    "Well, such incidents might occur but they should not be
    used as an excuse to postpone the Israeli withdrawal from
    various Palestinian areas and cities in the West Bank. In
    fact, these incidents might occur in the future because
    Israel is not intending to withdraw. When we take our
    responsibilities in the security field as we did in Gaza,
    we will be able better than the Israelis to control the
    conditions in the West Bank but now I cannot say that we
    are responsible for anything that had ocurred or anything
    that might occur in the future as long as Israel is not
    implementing the road map and its commitments and
    obligations in accordance with this roadmap."
    The attack was claimed by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,
    an armed group linked to Palestinian President Yasser
    Arafat's Fatah faction.

    Residents said Palestinian police in vehicles began
    patrols in the nearby city of Bethlehem in search of the
    assailant.
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