by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
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The victims of the brutal murders at Itamar, in Samaria, Friday night
are Rabbi and IDF tank unit officer Udi Fogel, his wife Ruth, 11-year-
old Yoav, four-year-old Elad pictured) and three-month-old Hadas.
Rabbi Fogel taught at the Itamar post-high school yeshiva, whose
senior rabbi is former IDF Chief Rabbi Avi Ronsky.
Click here for photos of the murder victims that were released by the
Fogel family, who gave full permission for their use in order to
report on the horrific reality of murdering children and babies in
their sleep "simply because they are Jewish." Warning: These photos
are extremely graphic and not intended for children.
Their funerals will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Har Menuchot
Cemetery in Jerusalem. The survivors, 12-year-old Tamar, eight-year-
old Ro'ie and two-year-old Shai, are being cared for by their
grandfather, Chaim Fogel, a resident of Nevei Tzuf, also in Samaria.
After bringing his grandchildren from the home of the terrorist crime,
he said, '"We saw the scene of the vicious murder."
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that an initial investigation
indicates that the parents, Udi and Ruth Fogel, fought with the
attackers, an act that may have been instrumental in saving the lives
of three of their children who were in another room. The attackers
fled immediately after murdering the parents and three of their
children who were in the same room with them.
The IDF has arrested approximately 20 Palestinian Authority Arabs for
questioning, but it not known how many terrorists were involved in the
murders. It is known that the terrorists jumped over the electronic
security fence.
Around 22:30 Friday night, they entered one house , where no one was
home, and then broke into the Fogel home to carry out the murders.
Tracks from the home led to the nearby village of Awarta. Saturday
night, Jewish residents in the area demonstrated at the nearby Tapuach
junction and marched north towards Hawara, near Shechem and where
Defense Minister Barak has removed several key security checkpoints
and relaxed security inspections.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, "I noticed that several states
which rushed to condemn Israel for building a house in some place are
taking their time in condemning the murder of children."
He also said he was shocked by the ambiguous condemnation of
Palestinian Authority leaders. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stated,
"Violence will only bring more violence – we must hurry to find a
comprehensive, just solution to the conflict."
Following the remarks, Prime Minister Netanyahi stated, "I am
disappointed by the weak and mumbled statements. This is not how one
condemns terrorism. This is not how one fights terrorism. See how
Israeli prime ministers, myself among them, have reacted in similar
situations, but there has never been anything like this, in which
terrorists entered a home and cut children's throats.
"This requires sharp and unequivocal condemnation. This requires
something else. This requires a halt to the incitement.... The time
has come to stop this double-talk in which the Palestinian Authority
outwardly talks peace, and allows – and sometimes leads – incitement
at home. The time has come to stop the incitement and begin educating
their people for peace."
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