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Haaretz: Jerusalem Terror Attack Stands Out From the Others, by Amos Harel

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Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a border policewoman in Jerusalem was one of the first attempts by Palestinian terrorists in the current confrontation to carry out a complex, sophisticated attack.

Instead of targeting the nearby Jalameh checkpoint on the Green Line, the three youngsters from the West Bank township of Qabatiya chose a target in the capital’s Old City, probably assuming it would resonate more strongly. They were armed with submachine guns and improvised explosives, in addition to knives.

Only the swift response by a Border Police detail, which thought the three looked suspicious, prevented more casualties at Damascus Gate, as the incident ended with the death of Hadar Cohen and moderate injuries to her colleague.

Like most terrorists in the past four months, these three apparently didn’t belong to any organization. But in their case it was no longer a “lone wolf” attack – not only because it involved three men but because of the planning required. They acquired weapons, drove all the way from the north of the West Bank to Jerusalem and succeeded somehow to cross the separation fence without being detected.

Read the article in full at Haaretz.