Students at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva being joined by their Rosh Yeshiva after liberating Jerusalem in 1967
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook OBM
Posted on 03/06/2008 11:14:10 AM PST by Smogger
Four killed in gunfire at Jerusalem school, authorities say.
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It was a rabbinical school, as being reported by CNN right now.
JERUSALEM - Two terrorists infiltrated a rabbinical seminary at the entrance of Jerusalem and opened fire after nightfall Thursday, police said. One person was wounded. Ambulances raced to the scene from around the city.
The seminar is the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe quarter of Jerusalem.
Israel TV quoted reports from rescue services saying that two infiltrators and two other people were killed.
“When someone comes to kill you, arise quickly and kill him first.”
I’d lay odds that the reason that the killer/victim ratio is 1 is because someone in the school was armed and killed the attackers almost immediately.
Sorry to hear of this. At least it appears they got the perps.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Rescue services director says at least seven killed in shooting attack at Jerusalem seminary.
More than one someone, I’d reckon. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for schools like that in this country! Get well soon to all the innocent wounded. Burn in Hell forever to the others.
Mark
CNN banner:
Seven people slain by two terrorists at Jewish seminary at entrance of Jerusalem, police tell AP. Terrorists also dead.
Will be interesting to see if Bush/Rice/Olmert gave the terrorists the guns used in this attack. Wouldn’t surprise me if they did.
And the UN Humans Rights Council just got through condemning Israel for its offensive in Gaza!
Update: 8 Killed, 35 Wounded in Merkaz HaRav
(IsraelNN.com) At least eight students were wounded in a terrorist shooting in the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem on Thursday night. Thirty-five were wounded.One terrorist was shot and killed during the attack. The terrorist was wearing an explosives belt, which has not yet been neutralized. Police began clearing all students from the area.
Police are searching the area for a second terrorist who may have escaped.
(IsraelNN.com) Two Arab terrorists infiltrated Jerusalem’s Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva at around 8:30 Thursday night and murdered eight Jews. At least 40 people have been wounded; one is in critical condition and a second victim was wounded moderately.
The attackers opened fire on the students before one of them was gunned down himself. A second terrorist apparently escaped and may be hiding in the yeshiva building. Security forces are deployed in the surrounding neighborhood, with police saying that all the students have been evacuated.
“And the UN Humans Rights Council just got through condemning Israel for its offensive in Gaza!”
Not to worry, they’ll be condemning Israel for killing the terrorists at the school soon enough.
I’ll try and keep up to date on this as I intend to post it on some British sites
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
(IsraelNN.com) Two Arab terrorists infiltrated Jerusalem's Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva at around 8:30 Thursday night and murdered eight Jews. At least 40 people have been wounded; one is in critical condition and a second victim was wounded moderately.
The attackers opened fire on the students before one of them was gunned down himself. A second terrorist apparently escaped and may be hiding in the yeshiva building. Security forces are deployed in the surrounding neighborhood, with police scouring the yeshiva and connected buildings. All the students have been evacuated, according to police spokesmen.
50 ambulances responded to the scene, which emergency responders have called "a major incident."
The Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva is located near the entrance to Jerusalem, in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. The yeshiva, founded by Rabbi Avaraham Yitzhak Kook, is at the heart of the national-religious movement in Israel.
It’s now 8 dead.
This school might be right near the Western Wall
PRAYERS UP!!
Islam is an eternal pestilence
It’s time Israel evacuated Gaza of all women and children under 12 then wipe everyone remaining out.
There are conflicting reports on what exactly is going on,
It seem that two terrorists entered the building and opened fire at random.
Pandemonium is rife in the buiding
Official figures are not confirming any deaths.
but..
There are reports of upto 10 bodies in the building.
another “eyewitness” says 8 dead including two terrorists.
I’m watching Israeli TV and translating, its a very liquid situation. There are over 50 ambulances on the scene.
What would Golda do?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It’s not near the Western Wall. It’s right at the entrance to Jerusalem, a few blocks before the central bus station.
Yerah Toker of the Hatzelah Rescue services said terorists from inside the yeshiva building fired at the emergency squads who reached the site to treat the wounded. Magen David ambulances sent to the site have evacuated the wounded to hospitals.
Jerusalem mayor Uri Lupoliansky described the situation as a sad sad day for Jerusalem. The municipality he said has set up a special situation room to assist and give out necessary details to family members seeking an update on the situation. Lupoliansky also took the opportunity to call on the government to complete the construction of the security barrier surrounding Jerusalem, in order to prevent terrorists from entering the capital.
Unconfirmed reports claim the terrorists were dressed as yeshiva students.
Link.
They were probably looking for a kindergarden.
***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.***
The Palestinians are rabid animals and should be treated as such.
Gaza City will soon be a crater.
Sad! It’s time to call out another hit squad like the one in “Munich” to track these murdering suckers down and blow the palis away.
Thank you! The Temple Mount is close to a Jerusalem gate is it not?
"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."
Link.
I’m not sure where the actual attack took place, but...
This Yeshiva is 2 blocks north and 1km from the front steps of Supreme Court, and 3 blocks north 1.3km from the front steps of the Knesset. The Yeshiva is 1 block away from the Israel Convention Center, 2 blocks from the premier high school in the center of Israel, Givat Ram high school, and 3 blocks from Givat Ram University.
You can’t get any closer to the heart of Israeli society.
Anything less than vicious retribution is going to topple the Olmert government.
Again I’m not sure where exactly on Ben Dor street they are, I think the numbers start at 1 Ben Dor to the East, and increase as you move west...
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.787119,35.198345&z=16&t=h&hl=en
Hope you’re right.
Cowards.
Muslims suck.
It’s us or them.
This is horrible! Please update this because more people have been killed. We used to live near there. I remember how awesome the davening at Mirkaz haRav was on the Shabbos after Purim when it was on a Friday one year, just like it is this year. This is devastating.
The Temple Mount and the Western Wall are within the Old City. The Old City is one small part of the City of Jerusalem, and it is surrounded by a wall with a series of gates.
The city of Jerusalem, overall, is accessible by only a few highways, and where one of those highways leads into Jerusalem from the west is called colloquially the “entrance to Jerusalem” or the “main entrance to Jerusalem”. It is where buses, and most taxicabs, enter into Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and other cities along the coastal plain, and it is a few miles from the Old City, which is further east.
This is the location where the Rav Kook Yeshiva is located.
Thanks much ..... I saw some of the Yeshivas right by the Western Wall and it stuck in my mind
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Nuff said. Brave armed student. Many lives saved.
Dogs of war about to be loosed.
wrong. you have NO idea what you are talking about
From the updated story:
Yitzhak Dadon, a student, said he was armed with a rifle and was able to shoot one of the attackers from 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.
Police said one of their officers also shot the man.
"There was a lot of gunfire and hysteria," a woman who lives across the street from the school told Israel Radio.
"I saw police and ordinary civilians, who were armed, trading gunfire with the gunmen," another witness said. "The gunbattle went on for about 10 minutes."
Although the scum bag actually killed 7 and wounded more.
Hamas blesses attack In Gaza, the Islamic militant Hamas praised the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility.
Close enough. The Hamas leadership needs a little knock on the door in the middle of the night, with a Laser Guided Bomb.
The women would teach the children to avenge their fathers. Unfortunately, you can't be that soft hearted.
Barak, Bush, Rice, Olmert, all responsible for pulling back the IDF, for allowing this to continue over and over.
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