ARAB
MOTHER CRIED FOR MERCY,
THEY RESPONDED - AND SHE MURDERED
THEM
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Additional
details of yesterday's murderous terrorist bombing in northern Gaza that claimed
the lives of four Israelis paint a frightful picture of a woman who cried for
mercy - and seconds later coldly murdered those who bestowed it upon
her.
The suicide attack was perpetrated by a young woman, the mother of
two children aged 3 and 1 - the first time that Hamas has employed such a
weapon, and the seventh female suicide bomber of the Oslo War. It is now
known that she made her way to the checkpoint without arousing suspicion, but
when she passed through the electronic door, the alarm sounded, and the guard on
duty turned her away. She began to cry that she had a metal implant in her
leg, and the same guard then apparently took pity on her, and allowed her in for
a body check - and then she killed him.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Tzvi Poleg, who
served in the past as IDF Commander in Gaza, said this morning that the attack
might have been prevented: "Wherever you have easing of restrictions, you have
attacks. If we were just a little less humanitarian, this attack would not
have happened - or at least it would have been less costly. It is
unacceptable that a terrorist should arrive at the checkpoint and not be
checked. Even when a woman comes in crying that her leg hurts, we must not
be too humanitarian. We always want to be nice, and good, and sensitive -
but not at the expense of our sons. Wherever this happens, the terrorist
organizations will see it as a weakness, and will take advantage to carry out
attacks."
The results of Arab/PA incitement and hatred for Israel were
manifest not only in yesterday's attack, but in the videotape the terrorist
mother made before her death. Smiling and cradling a rifle, she said that
she had dreamed since she was 13 years old of "becoming a martyr" and dying for
her people. "It was always my wish to turn my body into deadly shrapnel against
the Zionists and to knock on the doors of heaven with the skulls of Zionists,"
she said.
The army is now looking into several difficult questions in the
aftermath of the attack. The first critical issue, of course, is how to
relate to women at the checkpoints. Col. Yoav Mordechai, head of the Gaza
DCO liaison with the PA, says today that the army will have to "reconsider the
manner in which it checks Arab women."
Hamas terrorist leader
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin said yesterday that Hamas will continue to use women
terrorists for suicide attacks. He said that "jihad [holy war] is an
imperative for Muslim men and women," and that "resistance will escalate against
this enemy until they leave our land and homeland."
Another dilemma on
the IDF scales is the tension between the desire to allow the PA population to
live normal lives and the need for security for Israeli citizens. The Erez
Crossing will be closed today, and it is not known when it will be
re-opened. Nineteen thousand Arab workers and businessmen generally cross
the Green Line every day to work inside pre-1967 Israel, and another 5-6,000 are
employed in the Jewish-owned businesses in the Erez Industrial Zone.
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz met with U.S. Senators yesterday, and told
them that distinguishing between terrorists and the rest of the PA population is
"complex," but that in any event, Israel will "continue to act as a humanitarian
and democratic state."
The Gush Katif website Katif.net notes that just
two days ago,
Three of the four
victims of yesterday's terrorist bombing at the Erez Crossing in northern Gaza
were buried today:
* Security guard Gal Shapira, 29, of Ashkelon, was laid
to rest in the cemetery in his hometown. He is survived by his parents and
sister.
* The funeral of Sgt. Tzur Ohr, 20, of Rishon LeTzion was held in the
military cemetery in Holon. He was the only child of his parents Tal and
Adi.
* At 3 PM in Nahariya, Corp. Andrei Kegeles, 19, was laid to rest.
He is survived by his parents and younger brother.
* The funeral of the
fourth victim - Border Guard St.-Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky, 22, of Rehovot - has
not yet been set. He immigrated to Israel six years ago with his mother
and younger brother, and his father remained in Russia.
The security
forces arrested a terrorist armed with a Kalachnikov rifle and magazines last
night in the Shomron. It is assumed that he planned to infiltrate one of
the neighboring Jewish communities and commit an attack. Just the night
before, Ro'i Arbel of Talmon, father of five small children, including
two-month-old triplets, was shot and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist while
on his way home.
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