Satu ibu sedang hamil bersama 4 anak anaknya tewas dibunuh di 
Gaza. Memang ada penyelesaian di situ?


wassalam,

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5 Israelis Killed in Gaza As Likud Votes 


KISSUFIM CROSSING, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen killed a pregnant 
Jewish settler and four of her children in Gaza Sunday as Israel's 
ruling Likud Party held a referendum on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon 
(news - web sites)'s plan to pull out of the troubled area. 

The woman was apparently on her way into Israel to help campaign 
against the plan, which calls for dismantling the Jewish settlements 
of Gaza as well as several in the West Bank. 

It was unclear how the shooting would affect the vote, which appeared 
to be close. A loss for Sharon would likely produce a major political 
crisis, including a possible Cabinet reshuffle, a split in Likud or 
even early elections. Sharon aides said he would likely push through 
with the plan regardless. 

In claiming responsibility, Palestinian militants linked the attack 
to Israel's recent killings of their leaders. It also appeared timed 
to frustrate Sharon. 

"The terrible murder today is their way of rejecting and complicating 
the plan," Sharon told reporters. 

Although Sharon proposes an unprecedented removal of Jewish 
settlements from land claimed by the Palestinians, the unilateral 
plan has been greeted with suspicion by Palestinian officials who 
chafe at being sidelined and see it as a means of cementing Israel's 
hold on the larger and more historically significant West Bank. 

The attack � in which the two gunmen were also killed � took place 
just inside the Gaza Strip (news - web sites), near the Kissufim 
Crossing used by settlers, around 1 p.m. 

Israeli police said the white Citroen station wagon spun off the road 
after being hit by gunfire. The attackers then approached the vehicle 
and shot its occupants at close range. 

Those killed were Tali Khotel, 34 � who was eight months pregnant � 
and her four daughters, ages two to 11, settlers said. 

Soldiers raced to the scene and killed the attackers in a gunbattle. 
Two soldiers were wounded in the fight, the army said. 

The station wagon was riddled with bullets, its windows were blown 
away, and the carpet was splattered with blood. A bumper sticker 
read: "Uprooting the settlements � a victory for terror." 

Settlers said the family had lived in Katif � one of 21 communities 
housing some 7,500 Jews living amid the 1.3 million Palestinians in 
the narrow, 25-mile long seaside strip. 

More than 220,000 settlers also live in about 150 settlements in the 
West Bank alongside almost 3 million Palestinians. The Palestinians 
consider all Jewish settlements in the two territories Israel 
occupied in the 1967 war to be illegal. 

Israel Radio said a car belonging to CNN had prevented further 
bloodshed by blocking the road after the shooting began. There was no 
immediate comment from the U.S.-based cable network. 

The militant Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committees, an 
umbrella group, claimed responsibility in a call to The Associated 
Press. 

The resistance committees said the "heroic" attack was retaliation 
for Israel's recent assassinations of Hamas founder, Sheik Ahmed 
Yassin, and his successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi. 

Israeli army tanks moved into the area later Sunday, and army 
bulldozers destroyed a number of buildings near the road. It was not 
clear whether the buildings had been occupied. 

Sunday's attack � which pushed the death toll in 42 months of 
fighting to 2,829 on the Palestinian side and 950 on the Israeli 
side � cut straight to the heart of the debate over the referendum. 

Cabinet minister Gideon Ezra said it underscored the hopeless burden 
of staying in Gaza. "Our soldiers can't be in every car that moves in 
the Gaza Strip," he said. 

"Thousands of soldiers are required to protect" the settlers, he 
said. "I would put our soldiers in other places." 

Sharon has said his plan would boost Israel's security in the absence 
of a peace agreement � which many Israelis consider unattainable 
after year's of failed talks and more than three years of bitter 
violence. 

Supporters also say a pullout is needed to maintain Israel's Jewish 
majority � since Arabs will soon outnumber Jews in the combined area 
of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. 

Opponents have accused Sharon of caving in to Palestinian militants, 
arguing that a pullout without any Palestinian commitments to peace 
would encourage more terror attacks. 

"It's the other side trying to show that we are leaving because we 
are weak," said Ezra Haidu, a 32-year-old neighbor of the victim's 
who described her as "quiet and shy ... a very serious person." 

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz canceled scheduled appearances 
Sunday and was to meet with top security officials to plan a response 
to the attack, the deadliest on Gaza settlers in years, military 
sources said. 

The attack also could raise the possibility of Israeli action against 
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) � whom officials 
were quick to blame for the carnage. 

"A whole family is wiped out because Arafat does not care about the 
Palestinian people or the Israeli people," said Sharon spokesman 
Raanan Gissin. 

Israel maintains that Arafat � despite his denials � encourages 
terrorism and is sabotaging any progress toward peace. 

There has been a spike in Gaza violence since Sharon announced his 
intentions to pull out several months ago, with each side trying to 
claim victory ahead of a withdrawal. 

Israel had gone on high security alert Sunday ahead of the 
referendum, dividing Gaza into three sections and restricting 
Palestinian travel. 



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