Palestinian Terror Attack in Jerusalem

Two members of the Religion of Peace were killed after attacking border patrol police in East Jerusalem.

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at border patrol police in east Jerusalem late Saturday, injuring four, police said.

Israeli border police at the scene fired at the attackers, killing both of them.

Emergency services said four Israelis were injured and evacuated to hospital, one of whom was in serious condition.

The shooting took place in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Said, near the security fence.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a joint patrol of Israeli border police and civilian guards along the barrier.

Channel 10 reported that the patrol was ambushed by the Palestinian shooters.

An offshoot of the violent Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, which is affiliated with the Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the shooting attack, according to the Palestinian news Web site Maan.

Fatah-Linked Commander Shot Dead

A quagmire in Gaza.

A militant commander affiliated with Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement was shot dead on Sunday, in the most serious attack since Abbas launched a new security plan aimed at calming a wave of violence in the Gaza Strip last week.

Fatah quickly blamed the rival Hamas group, its partner in the Palestinian government, and the dead man's comrades vowed revenge. Hamas denied involvement.

In another sign of the prevailing lawlessness in the coastal strip, three employees of the Gaza electrical company were shot and seriously wounded while driving in a company car in Gaza City, hospital officials and Palestinian security officials said. The employees were out collecting unpaid bills.

The dead militant was identified as 32-year-old Baha Abu Jarad of the pro-Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. He was shot while driving through the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, and later died of his wounds, hospital officials said. Fatah issued a statement accusing Hamas of the shooting. In a separate message, the Al Aqsa group said it had identified the killers as two local Hamas activists.