[Ynet] Parents murdered while four children physically unhurt after bully boyz in vehicle fire at victims' car on road between Itamar and Elon Moreh.
A husband and wife in thier 30s, Eitam and Na'ama Henkin from the settlment of Neria, were killed in a drive-by shooting attack on the road between Itamar and Elon Moreh in the West Bank on Thursday night. Their four children aged 9, 7, 4 and 4 months were in the car and were said to be physically unharmed but treated for shock.
The IDF confirmed that two Israelis were killed in the shooting attack, and that its forces were conducting sweeps in the area in an attempt to capture the perpetrators.
"It was a very difficult sight," said MDA paramedic Boaz Malka. "We saw a car in the middle of the road with a man in his thirties next to it with wounds to his upper body, and a woman in her thirties inside the car also seriously maimed in her upper body. They were without signs of life, and unfortunately we had to declare them dead at the scene."
Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, front man praised the attack by the "brave resistance," calling the murderous act "heroic," and vowing to continue the struggle against Israel. The organization call for its members to carry out more attacks against Israel.
The Popular Resistance Committees also "blessed" the attack, saying it was a natural reaction to "Israeli crimes."
Netanyahu on Thursday blamed Paleostinian incitement for a deadly shooting attack that killed an Israeli couple near Nablus on Thursday night.
The murdered couple, Eitam and Naama Henkin, are survived by six children.
The Israel Defense Forces launched a manhunt for the killers, ordering the deployment of four infantry battalions to aid in the search. The military also began closing off Beit Furik, near the site of the attack, where it is believed the perpetrators are from.
Minor festivities between Israelis and Paleostinians followed the terror attack. An Israeli woman was injured in a rock throwing incident near the Hawara checkpoint close to Nablus. She was taken to Beilison Hospital in Petah Tikva for treatment. A Paleostinian woman and her three children were said to be lightly injured in a rock throwing attack by settlers in the Paleostinian village of Burin, west of Beit Furik. |