Judea: Two Young Hikers Murdered by Terrorists
(IsraelNN.com) Two hikers in their 20's were murdered in a terror attack at Telem Spring, near Adora.
The two were part of a group of young people from Kiryat Arba who had gone hiking to the spring, a secluded nature spot.
According to Channel 10, an all-terrain vehicle drove up next to them and a terrorist who was inside opened fire, killing two youths. A woman who was with them managed to hide and save herself.
There were also reports that the hikers shot back at the attackers and wounded one of the terrorists. The Red Crescent reportedly evacuated the Arab casualty to a nearby hospital.
The young woman phoned Kiryat Arba's Magen David Adom emergency services at about 12:00 noon Friday and alerted them to what had happened. Despite her traumatized state she guided the emergency crews as well as IDF forces to the place where the attack occurred. It took the forces a while to locate her, however.
'The victims of Annapolis'
The newly-formed Hatikva party responded to the murderous attack, and said: "The victims of Annapolis who were gunned down today in Har Hevron died as a direct result of the terrorists' daring, which increases the more Olmert and Livni court the chairman of the Palestinian terror authority, Abu Mazen."
Terror victim's organization Almagor sent a message to the Israeli cabinet following the attack, and asked it to return the roadblocks it removed from Judea and Samaria's roads "instead of discussing relaxation of the criteria for releasing terrorists."
Besides the pressing need to replace the roadblocks, Almagor said, such a move "would convey a proper message to the terror groups in the wake of the murder."
MK Uri Ariel (NU/NRP) said that the murders were "additional proof of how the Arab terror raises its head the moment it recognizes weakness and willingness to compromise" on the Israeli side. "The Prime Minister's announcements about releasing terrorists, freezing construction and supervision of tenders in Jerusalem give terror a boost," he said.
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