WEST BANK: Infiltrators kill family of five in Jewish settlement

Record ID: 561680

  • Title: WEST BANK: Infiltrators kill family of five in Jewish settlement
  • Date: 13th March 2011
  • Summary: ITAMAR SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (MARCH 12, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIER FLYING UNMANNED SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT, WHILE TRYING TO LOCATE ATTACKER WHO STABBED TO DEATH A FAMILY OF FIVE ISRAELIS IN OVERNIGHT ATTACK ON JEWISH SETTLEMENT MAJOR PETER LERNER, ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESPERSON, STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAJOR PETER LERNER, ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESPERSON, SAYING: "This evening, a terrorist entered a private home in the settlement of Itamar and brutally murdered five people, three children and two parents. The result is fatal and it means that the IDF has began in a military operation to try and put our hands on these perpetrators." LERNER WALKING TOWARDS JEEP VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS POSITIONED NEAR ENTRANCE TO ITAMAR SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT HOUSES VARIOUS OF MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING OUT OF SETTLEMENT VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS STANDING IN JUNCTION CONVOY REPORTED TO BE CARRYING ISRAELI MILITARY CHIEF OF STAFF, BENNY GANTZ, DRIVING BY
  • Embargoed: 28th March 2011 13:00
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  • Location: West bank, West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA22HHKWBRPFLIR0BFPSSUH8E4O
  • Story Text: A Palestinian infiltrator killed five Israelis in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank early on Saturday (March 12), an Israeli military spokesperson said.
    Major Peter Lerner said the attacker broke into a house in the settlement of Itamar in the middle of the night and stabbed to death a couple and three children, including a baby, from the same family.
    "This evening, a terrorist entered a private home in the settlement of Itamar and brutally murdered five people, three children and two parents. The result is fatal and it means that the IDF has began, in a military operation, to try and put our hands on these perpetrators," Lerner said.
    Lerner added that troops were searching for the attacker in the area around Itamar, which is near the Palestinian city of Nablus.
    A soldier flying an unmanned drone could be seen flying over the area.
    Itamar is home to some of the more ardent Jewish settlers in the West Bank. According to the YESHA settler's council, about 100 families live there.
    The attack on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, was the most serious of its kind in months and will likely hamper efforts to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
    The religious settlement had a similar attack in 2002 during a violent Palestinian uprising when a gunman broke into a home and opened fire, killing four.
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