Survivor of the shooting attack: "A true miracle happened to me, I was injured by scratches from glass""

November 29, 2024   

In a shooting attack that occurred at noon (Friday) at the Gitti Junction in Samaria, three people were seriously injured, and one of them is in critical condition. Jerusalem wants mountain air: These are the vehicles that are banned from entering the city The terrorist, Samer Hassin, 46, who arrived at the scene in a car from his village near Nablus, fired at a bus traveling from Ariel to Tel Aviv that was not bulletproof - and was killed. Six other people were slightly injured in the attack. Shmuel Hillel, 20, from the town of Kiryat Netafim in Samaria, who was inside the bus at the time of the attack, described the moments of terror: "I waited for the bus at the Gitti junction for about fifteen minutes, I got on the bus, luckily I was sitting in the middle of the bus, I heard a shot, I turned straight in the direction of the shots, I saw the terrorist standing, I immediately bent down, the driver was probably seriously injured and two others. Many people panicked, there were screams. "There was a soldier with us on the bus who started shooting at the terrorist and two soldiers who were on guard at the station at the time probably also fired, the incident went well I think. Some were injured from scratches, I was also injured from glass scratches on my hand and face. A real miracle happened to me, if the incident had happened a few minutes earlier it would have ended differently." He added: "As far as I'm concerned, I'll continue to stand at the Gitti junction because I don't have many choices. In general, it's a bit strange that in such an area the buses are not bulletproof. "We have to remember that Judea and Samaria is an arena like all arenas, there needs to be security here like everywhere else in the country. We expect the government to ensure that Fatah is defeated here, just as they defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon. Security is a basic right of every person. It is impossible for children and women not to feel safe waiting for a bus on Friday afternoon in the center of the country. Everything must be done to eradicate Fatah, just as they defeated Hezbollah." Initial investigation indicates that the terrorist arrived in a vehicle from his village through the Tapuah intersection, where there are no checkpoints for Palestinians. He stopped about 150 meters from the station at the intersection, and at that point he opened fire on the bus that had stopped there to pick up passengers. Six IDF fighters who regularly secure the intersection shot at the terrorist, and in the exchange of fire he was eliminated. The head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, called for the defeat of Fatah and Hamas and for the West Bank to be stopped from becoming another war zone in the heart of the country: "This serious shooting attack on a central road in Samaria, in the center of the State of Israel, is a serious escalation in the war on terror by the Palestinian Authority, which finances both Fatah and Hamas terrorists. The ability of the terrorist to arrive in a vehicle on a central road in Samaria and carry out a shooting attack as if he had gone to drink espresso in central Tel Aviv is unimaginable. "We will never break! Not in Samaria, not in the Gaza enclave, nor on the northern border. I now demand that the Israeli government, the IDF's senior command close all security checkpoints in order to reduce the possibility of such attacks, and to deepen activity against the Palestinian Authority, which finances, incites, and sends this wave of terror. I demand on behalf of the residents of Samaria, a decision now! As they did against Hezbollah. A decision against Fatah and Hamas, who are trying to create this war here in Samaria, the heart of the land.".