Jerusalem seminary attacked, 7 dead

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_...a/israel_attack

By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer.

JERUSALEM - Two gunmen infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night, killing at least seven people, police and rescue workers said.

Channel 2 TV said police special forces killed the two infiltrators. Rescue workers said at least 10 people were wounded although Israeli media reported a larger number hurt.

Yitzhak Dadon, a student, said he was armed with a rifle and waited on the roof of a nearby building.

"He came out of the library spraying automatic fire. ... The terrorist came to the entrance and I shot him twice in the head," he said.

Medic Yaron Tzuker said he arrived as the gunfire was still going on.

"They were still shooting when we got here," he told Channel 10 TV. "We took cover and the ambulance was hit. It's horrible inside — dead bodies and wounded — it's horrific."

Another witness told Israel TV that he heard both single shots and automatic gunfire from inside the building, and it lasted for about 10 minutes.

The attack came a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice persuaded moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to peace talks with Israel and on the same day Egyptian officials were trying to mediate a truce between Gaza militants and Israel.

Abbas suspended the talks after Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza militants barraging southern Israel with rockets. Palestinian officials say more than 120 were killed in Gaza during the week-long operation. Four Israelis were also killed.

Earlier Thursday, Palestinian militants in Gaza set off a bomb on the Gaza border, blowing up an Israeli army jeep and killing a soldier.

Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby said one of the gunmen who attacked the seminary was wearing what at first appeared to be an explosives vest but turned out to be a belt holding extra ammunition.

"One or two terrorists infiltrated the Mercaz Harav seminary and opened fire in all directions," the police spokesman said. "One terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire, and apparently he had an explosives belt."

Hundreds of police surrounded the area and searched the campus as ambulances raced to the scene. Scores of seminary students spilled out onto the sidewalk and street outside after they were evacuated.

"There are at least seven killed and 10 people wounded," said Eli Dein, director of Israel's rescue service.

An hour after the attack, medics began removing the dead from the building, taking them away in ambulances.

The seminar is the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe quarter at the entrance of Jerusalem, a well-known center of Jewish studies identified with the leadership of the Jewish settlement movement in the West Bank.

There were no attacks by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem during 2007, though police and the military claimed to have foiled many attempts. Between 2001 and 2004, at the height of Palestinian-Israeli fighting, Jerusalem was a frequent target of Palestinian attacks, including suicide bombings on buses.

"It's very sad tonight in Jerusalem. Many people were killed in the heart of Jerusalem," Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski.

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Horrible

[Ban Hammer 13,336]

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_...a/israel_attack

By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer.

JERUSALEM - Two gunmen infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night, killing at least seven people, police and rescue workers said.

Channel 2 TV said police special forces killed the two infiltrators. Rescue workers said at least 10 people were wounded although Israeli media reported a larger number hurt.

Yitzhak Dadon, a student, said he was armed with a rifle and waited on the roof of a nearby building.

"He came out of the library spraying automatic fire. ... The terrorist came to the entrance and I shot him twice in the head," he said.

Medic Yaron Tzuker said he arrived as the gunfire was still going on.

"They were still shooting when we got here," he told Channel 10 TV. "We took cover and the ambulance was hit. It's horrible inside — dead bodies and wounded — it's horrific."

Another witness told Israel TV that he heard both single shots and automatic gunfire from inside the building, and it lasted for about 10 minutes.

The attack came a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice persuaded moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to peace talks with Israel and on the same day Egyptian officials were trying to mediate a truce between Gaza militants and Israel.

Abbas suspended the talks after Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza militants barraging southern Israel with rockets. Palestinian officials say more than 120 were killed in Gaza during the week-long operation. Four Israelis were also killed.

Earlier Thursday, Palestinian militants in Gaza set off a bomb on the Gaza border, blowing up an Israeli army jeep and killing a soldier.

Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby said one of the gunmen who attacked the seminary was wearing what at first appeared to be an explosives vest but turned out to be a belt holding extra ammunition.

"One or two terrorists infiltrated the Mercaz Harav seminary and opened fire in all directions," the police spokesman said. "One terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire, and apparently he had an explosives belt."

Hundreds of police surrounded the area and searched the campus as ambulances raced to the scene. Scores of seminary students spilled out onto the sidewalk and street outside after they were evacuated.

"There are at least seven killed and 10 people wounded," said Eli Dein, director of Israel's rescue service.

An hour after the attack, medics began removing the dead from the building, taking them away in ambulances.

The seminar is the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe quarter at the entrance of Jerusalem, a well-known center of Jewish studies identified with the leadership of the Jewish settlement movement in the West Bank.

There were no attacks by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem during 2007, though police and the military claimed to have foiled many attempts. Between 2001 and 2004, at the height of Palestinian-Israeli fighting, Jerusalem was a frequent target of Palestinian attacks, including suicide bombings on buses.

"It's very sad tonight in Jerusalem. Many people were killed in the heart of Jerusalem," Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski.

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

Terrible.

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In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

Ok...it's official all residents of Gaza derseve to die..Now they(Isreal) have a good excuse to keep the blockade in place

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In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

Ok...it's official all residents of Gaza derseve to die..Now they(Isreal) have a good excuse to keep the blockade in place

[boardashell_2000 0]

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

Ok...it's official all residents of Gaza derseve to die..Now they(Isreal) have a good excuse to keep the blockade in place

Sarcasm....

[Ban Hammer 13,336]

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

Ok...it's official all residents of Gaza derseve to die..Now they(Isreal) have a good excuse to keep the blockade in place

Sarcasm....

money making idea - business that can throw a party with just a few minutes notice for events like this (in the op).

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

More tragic killing, but sadly not unrelated to the tragic slaughter that has been unleashed on Gaza.

Yet somehow, no one has seen fit to charge into this topic and proclaim that these innocent victims somehow "deserved it," as a small contingent of VJ members has done at every single mention of innocent Palestinian victims.

Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

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Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

Saying the other side deserves it and firing rifles in the air in celebration are two very different things.

I seriously doubt you're going to find many Israelis "celebrating" the slaughter of 50 innocent people

in Gaza (even though the other 50 killed were terrorist combatants.)

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

More tragic killing, but sadly not unrelated to the tragic slaughter that has been unleashed on Gaza.

Yet somehow, no one has seen fit to charge into this topic and proclaim that these innocent victims somehow "deserved it," as a small contingent of VJ members has done at every single mention of innocent Palestinian victims.

Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

That said, not many israelis actually celebrate when palestinian civilians are killed. If they do, they deserve to die a similar death.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

More tragic killing, but sadly not unrelated to the tragic slaughter that has been unleashed on Gaza.

Yet somehow, no one has seen fit to charge into this topic and proclaim that these innocent victims somehow "deserved it," as a small contingent of VJ members has done at every single mention of innocent Palestinian victims.

Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

That said, not many israelis actually celebrate when palestinian civilians are killed. If they do, they deserve to die a similar death.

As repulsive as celebrating the deaths of innocents may sound, I don't agree with you that such behavior should merit the death penalty.

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

More tragic killing, but sadly not unrelated to the tragic slaughter that has been unleashed on Gaza.

Yet somehow, no one has seen fit to charge into this topic and proclaim that these innocent victims somehow "deserved it," as a small contingent of VJ members has done at every single mention of innocent Palestinian victims.

Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

That said, not many israelis actually celebrate when palestinian civilians are killed. If they do, they deserve to die a similar death.

As repulsive as celebrating the deaths of innocents may sound, I don't agree with you that such behavior should merit the death penalty.

I didn't say anything about the death penalty. I was just stating my opinion that I think that people like that deserve to die. I can only hope that some of those palestinians firing rifles into the air were killed by their falling bullets.

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Re: the celebrations in Gaza -- when one side keeps screaming that the Palestinian people "deserve" every bullet or bombing they get -- whether civilians or not -- then why are all Palestinians expected to react with compassion over the deaths of innocent Israelis ?

When are they going to take the high road? From my outsider's perspective it seems that the Palestinians do 10X worse things than the Israelis do. Why can't for once Palestine not react with the old "eye for an eye"?

I remember there was dancing in the streets on the 12th of September in the Palestinian territories a few years ago too. Tell me again why they deserve our respect?

/is 9/11 like a Godwin?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

As repulsive as celebrating the deaths of innocents may sound, I don't agree with you that such behavior should merit the death penalty.

I didn't say anything about the death penalty. I was just stating my opinion that I think that people like that deserve to die. I can only hope that some of those palestinians firing rifles into the air were killed by their falling bullets.

OK play the semantics game

As repulsive as celebrating the deaths of innocents may sound, I don't agree with you that such behavior merits "deserving to die."