Training Carries The Day
Troops hunt for terrorists in Hebron hospital
IDF broadens search for Islamic Jihad gunmen who killed two off duty soldiers Friday afternoon to Palestinian hospital. Israeli officers praise conduct of slain commandos who managed to kill one terrorist, wound others during exchange of fire: 'They fought bravely till the bitter end'
Ali Waked
Published: 12.28.07, 21:32 / Israel NewsPalestinian sources reported Friday evening that IDF forces entered the al-Ahli hospital in Hebron to search among its patients for the Palestinian gunmen involved in the killing of two Israeli hikers earlier in the day.
According to the report soldiers entered the hospital and are examining patients ID's in an attempt to track down the cell members.
Cpl. Ahikam Amihai (20) and Sgt. David Ruben (21), both residents of the neighboring settlement of Kiryat Arba, were hiking through the Telem Creek area with an unnamed female companion when a group of four Palestinians drove up towards them and opened fire.
Amihai and Ruben, who both served in elite commando units, were reportedly carrying their firearms with them and were able to return fire, killing one of the Palestinian gunmen and seriously wounding another before succumbing to their injuries.
The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Training carries the day.
Even though the two young soldiers were murdered in an ambush terror attack their training took over and they were able to return fire.
The Israeli government should allow civilians to purchase rifles in order to better defend themselves. These soldiers more than likely would not been able to fight back to the extent that they did if they had been only armed with pistols.
You never take a pistol to a gun fight unless you have no choice.
