ISRAELI MILITARY NEUTRALIZES MAIN TERRORIST BEHIND DEADLY ATTACK THAT KILLED FATHER OF TEN:
Posted onIsraeli forces tracked down a group of suspects behind the deadly ambush of a family car in Judea & Samaria earlier this month and killed the man who pulled the trigger in that attack on Wed. 27 July 2016, the military said. The terrorist assault killed Miki Mark, a 48-year-old father of 10 children, and wounded his wife and two teenage children. The military subsequently sent hundreds of troops to the area of the attack to search for the perpetrators. On Wednesday the military said that after almost a month of pursuing the perpetrators, troops closed in on the Hamas cell behind the ambush. It said troops surrounded a house near Hebron where the group was hiding and called on them to surrender. One Palestinian, believed to be the shooter who murdered Mark, was killed in the pre-dawn shootout. Weapons were found on his body, the military said, adding that three others were arrested, including one who belonged to the official Palestinian security forces. Since mid-September 2015, Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbings, shootings and attacks using cars against civilians and security forces, killing 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans. Israel says the violence is fueled by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement, compounded on social media sites that glorify attacks. (ABC)