The Jewish Chronicle
On this day: Palestinian gunmen kill nine Israelis
March 3 2002: Ten dead, more wounded
March 3, 2011 08:24
By, Jennifer Lipman
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March 3 2002: Ten dead, more wounded
March 3, 2011 08:24By, Jennifer Lipman
In one of the grimmer incidents of the intifada, a Palestinian gunman ambushed a group of Israeli servicemen and shot dead seven of them.
A further three Israeli civilians were killed in the terrorist attack, which took place at an army checkpoint in the Jewish settlement of Ofra.
In response to this and two other deadly terror attacks in the same week – including a suicide bombing that left a one-year-old baby girl dead - Israeli Air Forces F-16 jets bombed Palestinian Authority police headquarters in Ramallah. The Fatah-linked Al Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility the shooting.
One of the dead on the Ofra attack was Yochai Porat, a 26-year-old volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom, who was shot after he went to the aid of the soldiers. Mr Porat, a longtime MDA worker who helped train foreign volunteers, was on army reserve duty at the time.
