Hamas crowed that these murders were “a new chapter in our resistance in the West Bank. The incident has proven that ant [sic] attempts of the Palestinian Authority to normalize relations with the Zionist occupier are unsuccessful.”
Abbas has recently called on Hamas to turn over power in Gaza to his Palestinian Authority. This is apparently Hamas’ answer: to appeal to the Jew-hatred and bloodlust of the “Palestinian” Muslims in Judea and Samaria, showing that Hamas is more willing to murder Israeli civilians than is the Palestinian Authority.
“2 Israelis killed, 1 injured in terror attack in West Bank industrial zone,” JTA, October 7, 2018:
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israelis were killed and another injured in a terror attack in the Barkan industrial area in the West Bank.
The attack took place on Sunday morning shortly before 8:00 at the beginning of the work week in the settlement’s industrial zone that is home to 160 factories that employ thousands of Palestinian and Jewish workers.
The man and woman died of their injuries at the scene. The third person, a woman in her 50s, was taken to a nearby Israeli hospital in serious but stable condition, according to Magen David Adom. The dead woman later was identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 29, of Rosh Ha’ayin in central Israel. The dead man was identified as Ziv Hajbi, a 35-year-old father of three from Rishon Lezion in central Israel. They both were tied up and shot at close range….
The attacker, who used an assault rifle and reportedly knew the two dead victims, was caught on security cameras leaving the factory where he shot his victims and where he has been employed for several months. He had a permit to enter Barkan for work, but it is not known how he was able to bring the weapon into the industrial zone.He reportedly left behind a suicide note with a friend.
The Israel Defense Forces launched a search for the attacker, who was identified as a 23 year-old Palestinian from the village of Shweika near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. “This is a serious terror attack,” said IDF Spokesman Ronen Manlis in a statement. “He may have had other motives, but we unequivocally state that this is a terrorist attack, in light of other findings we have.” He added that special units were brought in to help capture the shooter.
Manlis called the Barkan Industrial Zone “an area of co-existence in which Palestinians work daily with a permit alongside Jews. We are examining the events of the day, but it is clear to all of us that preserving this coexistence is part of the IDF’s mission, and we will continue to do so.”…
The Hamas terror organization in a statement called the attack “a new chapter in our resistance in the West Bank. The incident has proven that ant [sic] attempts of the Palestinian Authority to normalize relations with the Zionist occupier are unsuccessful.”…