Arab Terrorists Attack Jerusalem's Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva: 8 Dead
Pastor Dale Morgan
Arab Terrorists Attack Jerusalem's Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva: 8 Dead*
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
six people have been wounded; three are in critical condition and a
fourth victim was wounded moderately.
The attackers entered from two separate entrances to the yeshiva and
opened fire on the students before one of them was gunned down himself.
Witnesses say that the attack began in the seminary's library.
The second terrorist hid in the yeshiva building, with subsequent
reports indicating that the attacker was killed by responding security
forces. Police are deployed in the surrounding neighborhood and scoured
the yeshiva and connected buildings. Most students in the building were
evacuated after taking cover in the yeshiva's bomb shelter, according to
police spokesmen.
50 ambulances responded to the scene, which emergency responders have
called "a major incident." The injured were evacuated to Hadassah Ein
Karem Hospital.
Police forces are on heightened alert throughout the country.
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.