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2023-01-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Palestinian shooter kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-28 02:36|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 You beat me to the story again, Besoeker. Well done!

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-28 03:05|| 2023-01-28 03:05|| Front Page Top

#2 The Times of Israel:

A distraught witness described the massacre to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene, saying the terrorist had nearly killed him. The shooter is believed to have waited outside the synagogue and opened fire on worshipers as they left after Shabbat services.

“I came outside and I saw people shouting, people running, two people were on the ground, and over there another one was on the ground,” he said, gesturing in the direction of the casualties, struggling to speak. “The bastard was standing in front of me with a weapon, almost killed me. I don’t know how he didn’t kill me. I crawled back into the house.”

“If I had been armed I could have prevented three or four deaths. I’m not armed. They won’t let me have a weapon,” the unidentified witness said, adding that five members of his family, including his brother, had been killed in a terror attack in Jerusalem in 2002. “I can never forget it. It needs to stop.”

“We don’t want to take the law into our own hands,” he said in footage broadcast by Channels 12 and 13.

Ben Gvir told him, “I hope that soon we’ll change the policy for weapons. There need to be weapons for more civilians.”

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-28 03:09|| 2023-01-28 03:09|| Front Page Top

I recommend incremental steps leading to restraint.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-28 06:50|| 2023-01-28 06:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Restraint? What a novel concept!

Fog o’ war: The identification of the shooter as Khairy Alqam came from Palestinian media. The actual gentleman in the photo, Fadi Ayesh of Bethleham, stepped forward today to say he didn’t do it. Link.

Ayash took to Facebook after the attack, writing in a post: “I am Fadi, I live in Bethlehem. I did not perform the operation, nor was involved in the operation.”

“God bless the martyrs,” he added.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-28 11:49|| 2023-01-28 11:49|| Front Page Top

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