In a message dated 10/30/00 11:34:35 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: [update] Today's News from Israel Date: 10/30/00 11:34:35 AM Central Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Trimm) Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! <A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/11/_/_/_/972913921/">Click Here!</A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> >From: "Mikha'el ben Moshe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >This morning, as Chris and I were going into the >orchards, we heard two loud explosions followed by >auto-weapons fire. Later we got news from the IDF >that Palestinians had mined the road just south of the >Kibbutz and that they exploded the mines on an army >vehicle. One Israel wounded - two Palestinians dead. > >Yesterday, the Palestinians exploded a bomb under a >bus with youth on board as it approached. Shooting >followed - some Israelis wounded, 2 Palestinians dead. > >The work in the orchard is about 1/2 over. Today, 4 >Nazarenes are due to arrive to help with the harvest. >That will be quite a relief. It will free me to go to >the north, by Galilee, as I am meeting with some >believers there who want a teaching from me and a view >of our perspective of our teshuvah to ha Torah. > >News from the Jpost follows. > >(13:35) Two dead, one seriously wounded in Jerusalem >shootings > >In a severe escalation of violence in the capital, a >30-year-old resident of Gilo was found murdered this >morning near the neighboring Arab village of Beit >Jala. > >In a separate shooting attack, an Israeli security man >was killed and another was seriously wounded by >Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem. > >It was Palestinians from Beit Jala who found the body >of the Gilo resident, whose name has not been released >for publication. They alerted the police who brought >the body to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel >Aviv for examination. > >Police suspect tht the motive for the attack was >nationalistic. The victim's body was found with >multiple stab wounds and he had been shot . > >The police spokesman said at a briefing that the >resident had been missing from his home for the past >48 hours. > >In the separate shooting attack across town, the two >security men were hit at close range by a Palestinian >assailant or assailants. > >One of the men was in critical condition and died >shortly afterward. The other's condition was described >as serious. They were hit in the head and neck. > >The men are 22- and 25-years-old and were employed by >a private security company. The names have not been >released pending notification of the families. > >Labor Minister Raanan Cohen ordered the branch closed > >Police believe this too was a nationalistically >motivated attack although they are not ruling out a >criminal motive. >OC Northern Command warns of possible border attacks >By David Rudge > >HAIFA (October 30) - The IDF is preparing for terror >attacks along the Northern border and on Galilee >communities following a series of serious incidents >recently, including one yesterday in which shots were >fired at soldiers on patrol. > >There were no casualties in the shooting near Moshav >Zar'it in Western Galilee and the troops returned >fire. There was a similar incident in the same area on >Thursday in which a Lebanese gunman was reported to >have been killed in the exchange of fire. > >Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, OC Northern >Command Maj.-Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi, and OC Home Front >Command Maj.-Gen. Gaby Ofir met with heads of >confrontation line communities yesterday. > >Ashkenazi and Sneh said there is reason to believe >Hizbullah will try to heat-up the border and create a >second front, in addition to the fighting in the >territories. > >"We are preparing for the possibility of a resumption >of [hostile] activities... The commanders of the >various regions have met with security officers and >leaders of the communities and I am here with you >now," Ashkenazi said. "We need to be prepared for the >possibility that terror attacks will resume along the >border." > >Ashkenazi said Hizbullah is using Lebanon's claim to >sovereignty over the Shaba farms region in the >foothills of Mount Hermon as a pretext for its actions >there. > >Security preparations are focused primarily on >establishing a security fence along the entire length >of the border. Ashkenazi said he hopes that most of >the work will be completed by the end of November, >although some sections, notably in the Mount Dov >region, may not be completed until December. > >In the meantime, Mount Hermon has been closed to >visitors until further notice for "security reasons." > >Earlier in the day, hundreds of Palestinians and >Lebanese waving Palestinian and Hizbullah flags staged >a protest near the former Good Fence crossing point >north of Metulla. They hurled rocks and other objects >at IDF troops before dispersing. > >Several council leaders called on the government to >initiate diplomatic action to push Hizbullah 10 km. >back from the border. > >Upper Galilee Regional Council chairman Aharon Valenci >stressed there is still work to be done on completing >security arrangements in the confrontation line >communities. > >Ofir said the IDF is requesting an additional NIS 90 >million for the completion of various projects on the >home front, including the construction of more >security rooms and bomb shelters in Galilee >communities. > >Prior to the meeting with the council heads, most of >which was not open to the press, Sneh said Israel >holds the Lebanese government and primarily Syria >responsible for any further deterioration of the >situation along the border. > >"Syria is responsible for everything that happens in >Lebanon. If it transpires over time that this >[escalation] is a policy, then we will have to use one >of our options," said Sneh. > > Study Torah with SANJ Mitvah Club http://www.nazarene.net/MitzvahClub.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.20) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:34:35 -0500 Received: from ck.egroups.com (ck.egroups.com [208.50.144.69]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:34:16 -0400 X-eGroups-Return: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [10.1.10.37] by ck.egroups.com with NNFMP; 30 Oct 2000 13:52:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 26523 invoked by alias); 30 Oct 2000 13:51:59 -0000 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (EGP: mail-6_2_1); 30 Oct 2000 13:42:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 96816 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2000 13:42:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Oct 2000 13:42:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net) (151.164.30.28) by mta3 with SMTP; 30 Oct 2000 13:42:04 -0000 Received: from [216.62.114.86] ([216.62.113.165]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:39:57 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: <l03102808630cf3c92dfe@[216.62.114.86]> From: James Trimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-eGroups-Approved-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] via email; 30 Oct 2000 13:51:59 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Date header was inserted by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [update] Today's News from Israel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>
-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! </FONT><A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/11/_/_/_/972913921/"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> >From: "Mikha'el ben Moshe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >This morning, as Chris and I were going into the >orchards, we heard two loud explosions followed by >auto-weapons fire. Later we got news from the IDF >that Palestinians had mined the road just south of the >Kibbutz and that they exploded the mines on an army >vehicle. One Israel wounded - two Palestinians dead. > >Yesterday, the Palestinians exploded a bomb under a >bus with youth on board as it approached. Shooting >followed - some Israelis wounded, 2 Palestinians dead. > >The work in the orchard is about 1/2 over. Today, 4 >Nazarenes are due to arrive to help with the harvest. >That will be quite a relief. It will free me to go to >the north, by Galilee, as I am meeting with some >believers there who want a teaching from me and a view >of our perspective of our teshuvah to ha Torah. > >News from the Jpost follows. > >(13:35) Two dead, one seriously wounded in Jerusalem >shootings > >In a severe escalation of violence in the capital, a >30-year-old resident of Gilo was found murdered this >morning near the neighboring Arab village of Beit >Jala. > >In a separate shooting attack, an Israeli security man >was killed and another was seriously wounded by >Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem. > >It was Palestinians from Beit Jala who found the body >of the Gilo resident, whose name has not been released >for publication. They alerted the police who brought >the body to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel >Aviv for examination. > >Police suspect tht the motive for the attack was >nationalistic. The victim's body was found with >multiple stab wounds and he had been shot . > >The police spokesman said at a briefing that the >resident had been missing from his home for the past >48 hours. > >In the separate shooting attack across town, the two >security men were hit at close range by a Palestinian >assailant or assailants. > >One of the men was in critical condition and died >shortly afterward. The other's condition was described >as serious. They were hit in the head and neck. > >The men are 22- and 25-years-old and were employed by >a private security company. The names have not been >released pending notification of the families. > >Labor Minister Raanan Cohen ordered the branch closed > >Police believe this too was a nationalistically >motivated attack although they are not ruling out a >criminal motive. >OC Northern Command warns of possible border attacks >By David Rudge > >HAIFA (October 30) - The IDF is preparing for terror >attacks along the Northern border and on Galilee >communities following a series of serious incidents >recently, including one yesterday in which shots were >fired at soldiers on patrol. > >There were no casualties in the shooting near Moshav >Zar'it in Western Galilee and the troops returned >fire. There was a similar incident in the same area on >Thursday in which a Lebanese gunman was reported to >have been killed in the exchange of fire. > >Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, OC Northern >Command Maj.-Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi, and OC Home Front >Command Maj.-Gen. Gaby Ofir met with heads of >confrontation line communities yesterday. > >Ashkenazi and Sneh said there is reason to believe >Hizbullah will try to heat-up the border and create a >second front, in addition to the fighting in the >territories. > >"We are preparing for the possibility of a resumption >of [hostile] activities... The commanders of the >various regions have met with security officers and >leaders of the communities and I am here with you >now," Ashkenazi said. "We need to be prepared for the >possibility that terror attacks will resume along the >border." > >Ashkenazi said Hizbullah is using Lebanon's claim to >sovereignty over the Shaba farms region in the >foothills of Mount Hermon as a pretext for its actions >there. > >Security preparations are focused primarily on >establishing a security fence along the entire length >of the border. Ashkenazi said he hopes that most of >the work will be completed by the end of November, >although some sections, notably in the Mount Dov >region, may not be completed until December. > >In the meantime, Mount Hermon has been closed to >visitors until further notice for "security reasons." > >Earlier in the day, hundreds of Palestinians and >Lebanese waving Palestinian and Hizbullah flags staged >a protest near the former Good Fence crossing point >north of Metulla. They hurled rocks and other objects >at IDF troops before dispersing. > >Several council leaders called on the government to >initiate diplomatic action to push Hizbullah 10 km. >back from the border. > >Upper Galilee Regional Council chairman Aharon Valenci >stressed there is still work to be done on completing >security arrangements in the confrontation line >communities. > >Ofir said the IDF is requesting an additional NIS 90 >million for the completion of various projects on the >home front, including the construction of more >security rooms and bomb shelters in Galilee >communities. > >Prior to the meeting with the council heads, most of >which was not open to the press, Sneh said Israel >holds the Lebanese government and primarily Syria >responsible for any further deterioration of the >situation along the border. > >"Syria is responsible for everything that happens in >Lebanon. If it transpires over time that this >[escalation] is a policy, then we will have to use one >of our options," said Sneh. > > Study Torah with SANJ Mitvah Club http://www.nazarene.net/MitzvahClub.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
