Terrorist cell that murdered Zion David yesterday sit in Arafat's Ramallah
Office

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Agencies Ha'aretz
12 May 2003
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/292166.html

[IMRA: Israel Radio reported this morning that security sources say the
terror cell that enjoys refuge in Arafat's Ramallah office is responsible
for a series of attacks. They left from Arafat's office and returned after
the attack. It is noteworthy that Zion David was hit by a shot to the head -
possibly an indication of the good training the terrorists received in the
past. Part of the new program is for the CIA to train a new generation of
Palestinians in marksmanship.]

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Israeli, 53, killed in shooting attack near Ofra

An Israeli man, 53, was killed in a shooting attack near the West Bank
settlement of Ofra early Sunday morning.

Zion David, a resident of Givat Ze'ev and father of six, was apparently
driving to work in the area when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle about 500
meters north of Ofra. He was hit in the head by the gunfire and lost control
of the vehicle, which then flipped over.

Security officials believe that the gunmen came from PA Chairman Yasser
Arafat'st compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and that they are
hiding in the Muqata, Israel Radio reported Monday.

"We arrived at the scene and found a vehicle overturned in a ditch," a Magen
David Adom paramedic told Israel Radio. "When we went into the ditch we
found a man wounded by gunfire, which caused the vehicle to overturn, and
killed him at the scene."

Both Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed
responsibility for the attack.

Pinchas Wallerstein, head of the local council, told Israel Radio that such
attacks were no surprise in light of the current visit by U.S. Secretary of
State Colin Powell.

Eyewitnesses said that shots were fired on the vehicle from both sides of
the road. The gunmen also fired at another Israeli vehicle, but no one was
injured in this attack.

Israel Defense Forces troops were operating in the nearby village of Silwad,
where the gunmen were believed to have fled.
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