Word: gunman
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...terrorist groups against Israeli civilians.” This was his message to America and, ostensibly, to Israel. But Arafat, to his own followers, proclaimed “into Jerusalem we shall go as millions of martyrs as need be.” On Feb. 6, a Hamas gunman shot and killed three Israelis at Moshav Hamra. Palestinian radio (controlled by Arafat’s government) proclaimed the shooter a “hero.” And Arafat himself told his followers, “we will make the lives of the infidels hell,” a clear...
...made this vow, a teenage girl from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade blew herself up in a Jerusalem supermarket, taking two Israelis with her. Elsewhere, an Islamic Jihad militant killed two Israelis in the Gaza settlement of Netzarim, and four more died at the hands of a Hamas gunman who infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Eilon Moreh. At least four Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli incursion into Ramallah, and it's likely that figure will climb in the days ahead - the incursion would last weeks, Sharon promised, even in the face of international criticism...
...JAMAL ARURI/AFP A Palestinian gunman holds up a rocket propelled grenade in Ramallah...
...grim reaper may not yet have named his victims, but he has a quota to fill - the only safe bet in the Middle East right now is that more people on both sides are slated to die in the coming weeks. Forty-six people were wounded by a Palestinian gunman on a shooting rampage in Jerusalem, Tuesday, only hours after Israeli forces killed four Hamas activists in the West Bank town of Nablus. Israeli forces had entered Nablus and also Tulkarm in response to last Thursday's attack on a Bat Mitzvah celebration in the Israeli city of Hadera, where...
...Briggs said four students wrestled the gunman to the ground as he ran from the building and held him until the police could arrive. Odighizuwa had come to see Briggs about a year ago, the doctor said, to discuss "emotional problems." Briggs said the suspect was a "time bomb waiting...