Lynn B. is right. It wasn’t the security fence that stopped the latest subhuman from reaching a larger group of Israelis. It was the intelligence services, checkpoints, and the IDF.
At least three people – an Israel Defense Forces officer and two Palestinians – were killed Thursday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an IDF checkpoint in the West Bank set up in response to warnings of an impending terrorist attack. The officer killed in the attack was named as Lieutenant Ori Binamo, 21, from Nesher.
Military sources said they believed the bomber intended to travel via the Qalandia crossing to the Tel Aviv area, where he was to set off the 10 kilograms of explosives he was carrying, probably at one of the many Hanukkah shows scheduled for Thursday.
“This attack was intended for inside Israel proper and against Israelis celebrating the Hanukkah festival,” David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister’s Office, said.
By the way, Reuters didn’t carry the name of the dead Israeli. Neither did the AP. The information is easily available, but for some reason, the major news wire services never bother to get the names of the killed Israelis.
Lieutenant Ori Binamo, 21, from Nesher. May his name be remembered.