A Hamas terrorist opened fire at the Jewish community in Hebron on Shabbat afternoon from within a Hebron cemetery.
Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal, identified as the imam (spiritual leader) of the Al-Qassam Mosque in Hebron, was shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces after firing gunshots at members of the city’s Jewish community — specifically aiming at two Jewish children who were playing.
Miraculously, there were no injuries to any Israeli civilians or military personnel, and no damage was reported, except to a soccer ball belonging to the children. The ball was hit by the bullet.
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“This damned terrorist, an imam of the age “not suspected of terrorism”, did not fire “against the settlement in Hebron”, Minister Orit Strook, a resident in the area, corrected.
“He shot from point blank range at two children, who would have died on the only street allowed for Jewish movement in Hebron. I will bring my neighbor’s soccer ball, which belongs to a fifth grade student, to the government cabinet meeting tomorrow. The ball took a bullet instead of the boy, who was saved by the grace of God,” Strook said.
Hebron, located in Judea, has long been home to a host of Palestinian Authority terrorist organizations, including Hamas.
