Barkan Industrial Park
“In the Supergum [rubber] factory in Barkan, as in many other factories, a lot of Palestinians work as well. Our presence helps them also,” said Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein.
Images showed the residence of of gunman and murdered Ashraf Na’alwa largely intact, except for large holes broken through several walls in the spacious home.
Ashraf Na’alowa, the 23-year-old Palestinian who bound and executed young parents Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, was found and killed by IDF forces early Thursday.
Foreign diplomats take tour of Barkan Industrial Park
Ten deputy ambassadors and senior U.N. officials visited Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria, as part of a joint program seeking to showcase the park as a prominent example of successful Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation.
“We grieve today for Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, may God avenge their blood. We will catch this heinous killer and we will settle the score. Israeli blood will not be spilled in vain,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says as the manhunt for the gunmen continues.
After she was shot in the stomach, Kim Levengrond Yehezkel managed to flee the room and hide under her desk. She was found by two stockroom workers—one Arab and one Jew—who took care of her until paramedics arrived.
The IDF manhunt for Ashraf Na’alowa, a 23-year-old electrician for the Alon Group who shot to death two Israeli co-workers at the Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria, has entered its third day, with troops conducting pre-dawn raids and arrests.
Fatah: “The Israeli government ... is incapable of protecting anyone that steals the Palestinian land,” implying Israeli guilt in the murder.
“Could it be that the E.U. agrees with the Palestinian terrorist’s motivations just not his methods?” asks Michael Oren, Israel’s Deputy Minister of Diplomacy.
The horrific incident took place at the attacker’s and the three victims’ place of employment in the large Barkan Industrial Park, one of the few commercial centers to employ both thousands of Israelis and thousands of Palestinians, and a working example of coexistence.
“I want to assure you that we will never forget you,” cried Kim Levengrond Yehezkel’s husband, Guy. “We will raise our Kai just as you wanted, and you will always remain my best friend.”
The brother and sister of 23-year-old Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na’alowa were detained as a massive manhunt for the terrorist who shot two Israelis to death at an industrial park continues.
