9
More Innocents Killed by Palestinian Terrorists
August
4th, 2002
**Nine
people were killed and some 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of Egged
bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction
in northern Israel shortly before 9:00 Sunday morning. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
names of seven victims have been released:
– Mordechai Friedman, 21, of Jerusalem;
– Sari Goldstein, 20, of Carmiel;
– Massoun Amin Hassan, 23, of Sajur;
– Marlene Menachem, 20, of Moshav Safsufa
– St.-Sgt. Roni Ghanem, 28, of Maghar;
– Sgt. Yifat Gavrieli, 19, of Mitzpe Adi;
– Sgt. Omri Goldin, 20, of Mitzpe Aviv.
Other
Terror Attacks:
**Yekutiel
Amitai, 32, of Jerusalem, a security guard, and Nizal Awassat, 51,
of the Jabel Mukabar neighborhood in East Jerusalem, were killed
and 17 people were wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire
with a pistol shortly before noon at a Bezeq telecommunications
company truck near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. Border
policemen exchanged fire with the gunman, killing him. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack
**Four people were injured – one seriously – early Sunday afternoon
when shots were fired at a bus between Avnei Hefetz and Einav near
the West Bank town of Tulkarem. In addition, three Israelis were
seriously wounded by a bomb blast while traveling in vehicle north
of Ramallah in the West Bank |