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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (205107)11/15/2002 3:04:02 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu   of 436258
 
Nov. 15, 2002 - AT LEAST SIX DEAD, OVER 30 WOUNDED IN HEBRON SHOOTING ATTACK
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH


Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a group of Israelis walking towards Friday night prayer services in the Jewish Quarter of Hebron killing at least six and wounding over 30, according to Israel Radio.

As security forces rushed to evacuate the wounded they came under heavy fire from the terrorists situated on a hill overlooking the Jewish Quarter in the divided West Bank city.

Troops and the gunmen traded fire for over forty minutes before rescue workers managed to evacuate the wounded in bullet proof ambulances.

The number of dead and wounded was not immediately clear due to the ongoing gun battles that hampered evacuation attempts.

An army official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said troops and civilians had been caught in a complex ambush.

Some of the wounded are in a critical and serious condition and have been taken to hospitals in Jerusalem by ambulances and helicopters.

The attackers opened fire on the Jews as they wound their way into the city to mark the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the burial cave of the biblical Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and a place revered by both Muslims and Jews.

Many Jews living in the nearby settlement of Kiryat Arba walk to the holy site every Friday evening, and the route is heavily guarded by Israeli security forces.
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