Palestinian Authority Policeman Murders IDF Soldier
An IDF soldier, Ihab Hatib, died after being stabbed by a Palestinian Authority policeman at Tapuach Junction in Samaria.

by Hillel Fendel, Arutz Sheva
February 10, 2010

Tapuach Junction Map
 

A Palestinian terrorist murdered an IDF soldier Wednesday at the Tapuach Junction in northern Samaria.

The soldier was sitting in a jeep at the junction when the Arab ran up to him and began stabbing him. The driver tried to escape and began driving, but he lost consciousness and his vehicle overturned off the road.

After artificial resuscitation was performed on the victim at the scene, he was evacuated to a hospital in Petach Tikva, where he died of his wounds about an hour later.

Jewish Town's Security Officer on the Scene
Channel Two news reported, "Police and army forces on the scene saw what was happening, and it wasn't long before the security officer of a nearby Jewish community began driving towards the terrorist and ran him down." Other reports said he was a volunteer with Magen David Adom emergency medical service. The lightly injured terrorist murderer was apprehended.

Terrorist murderer was apprehended by Jewish Town's Security Officer
 

Shortly after the attack, a Jewish truckdriver reported that three masked terrorists had fired at him as he drove between Neriah and Nachliel in western Binyamin. He was not hurt, and the army has begun combing the area.

Finger Pointed at Gov't
MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari said after the murder, "The government is busy opening checkpoints for Arabs and allowing free travel to terrorists, while the Brigade Commander is busy fighting with the Jewish residents - and the results are not long in coming. Jewish blood in Judea and Samaria has become cheap."

The Binyamin Residents Committee released this statement: "When the Defense Minister is over his head in enforcing the racist construction freeze and in false arrests of Jewish settlers, it's no wonder that the terrorists and those who help them are able to celebrate." Within the 12 hours before the murder, six Gilad Farm residents were brutally arrested in the middle of the night after an Arab claimed he had been beaten up, and Defense Ministry inspectors visited Tapuach to check for building freeze infractions.