4 women shot dead in Israel

Published October 29, 2001

AL-QUDS, Oct 28: Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the Israeli city of Hadera on Sunday, killing four women and injuring 31 others before being shot dead themselves by Israeli police, Israeli radio and television reported.

The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack in a videotaped statement sent to TV stations in the West Bank town of Nablus.

It identified the two gunmen shot dead as Yussef Mohammad Ali Sweitat, 22, and Taysir Shehadeh Jabali, 23, from a refugee camp in Jenin in the northern West Bank, around 40 kms from Hadera.—AFP

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