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| Terrorist stabs Israeli woman to death in her West Bank home | ||
| 2016-01-18 | ||
| [IsraelTimes] Victim Dafna Meir, 38, from settlement of Otniel tried to fight off assailant; army launches manhunt for Paleostinian attacker An Israeli woman was stabbed and killed in an attack inside her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel, outside of Hebron, on Sunday evening. The victim was named later as Dafna Meir, 38, a mother of four. The attacker, whose identity was not immediately known, expeditiously departed at a goodly pace of the crime. The army said in a statement that the terrorist broke into the woman's home and stabbed her to death. According to the initial investigation, the woman struggled with the terrorist in the entrance to the family's home. Her 15-year-old daughter witnessed the attack. Soldiers and coppers launched a manhunt for the attacker, setting up checkpoints in the area. The attacker was believed to have fled to a nearby Arab village, specifically Khirbet Karme, located just north of Otniel, according to Israeli media. The army instructed residents to remain in their homes as they searched for the attacker. Channel 2 news said the attacker was seen on security cameras fleeing the settlement.
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian workers will not be allowed into the Jewish settlements located in the Hebron Hills on Monday, following the murder of a female resident allegedly by a Paleostinian man on Sunday, the southern West Bank local government announced. Dafna Meir, 38, was stabbed to death in her home in the Otniel settlement outside of Hebron on Sunday evening, while three of her children were in the house. The terrorist is believed to be a Paleostinian man who had permission to work in the Jewish settlement. He expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after the attack, prompting security forces to set up roadblocks and lock down the area as they searched for him. As a result of the attack, the Hebron Hills Regional Council decided to forbid Paleostinian workers from entering the settlements in the area the next day, the council announced on Sunday night. "More orphans in the family of terror victims. This is a terrible reminder that there is a war going on here," Yochai Dimri, head of the Hebron Hills Regional Council, told Army Radio Palestinian tries to stab soldiers near Nablus, is shot dead
"A Paleostinian assailant drew a knife and attempted to stab soldiers securing the area. The force responded and fired toward the attacker," an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said. No Israelis were harmed in the attempted stabbing, but the assailant died of his wounds, the army said. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Because it takes a mighty man to stab a little woman with 4 kids? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-01-18 01:46 |