Israeli man shot near West Bank; stray celebratory fire to blame - Haaretz

Last update - 15:28 07/08/2007

Israeli man shot near West Bank; stray celebratory fire to blame

By Roni Singer Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press

A 51-year-old man was shot and lightly wounded on Tuesday in central Israel while traveling on a highway adjacent to the separation fence with the West Bank, police said.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the shots came from the West Bank and struck the driver in the chest as he was making his way on Route 6, a cross-country toll highway.

According to an initial inquiry, it appears the man was hit by a stray bullet fired in the air during celebrations at a high school graduation in a nearby Palestinian village.

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The driver was evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva in a light condition. Police set up roadblocks and are searching the area.

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1.	What a ridiculous custom	13:36	\|	Hannah	07/08/07

2.	Gun-toting Neighbors	13:51	\|	Yehudit	07/08/07

3.	People abroad must understand, Arabs shoot live fire during both	13:51	\|	Anat	07/08/07

4.	Still better than living near settlers	15:14	\|	Natallie Durson	07/08/07

5.	Easy to say from LA	15:26	\|	JG	07/08/07

6.	"celebratory fire to blame",what they do when they are angry	15:38	\|	PETER SM	07/08/07

7.	Peter S.M. When they are angry the fire even more bullets, often	16:08	\|	Rani	07/08/07

8.	celebratory fire!	16:14	\|	khalad	07/08/07

9.	#4	16:27	\|	Ronnie	07/08/07

10.	#8 Moron	17:10	\|	Mark Zim	07/08/07

11.	Guns at a high school??	17:21	\|	Simon Jenkins	07/08/07

12.	Arabs, Red Necks, and common nonsense	17:25	\|	Mark Lincoln	07/08/07

13.	A response to Rani	17:25	\|	Simon Jenkins	07/08/07

14.	FALSE HANNAH ALERT! #1	17:57	\|	Hannah	07/08/07

15.	Empty Durson	18:18	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	07/08/07

16.	i agree #4	19:12	\|	settlers like Hamas	07/08/07

17.	Nazilie Durson	19:17	\|	Nik Miller	07/08/07

18.	Use blanks	19:32	\|	H	07/08/07

19.	Arabs worship guns	19:36	\|	Chick	07/08/07

20.	It really is a custom that should end right now.	20:01	\|	Deborah	07/08/07

21.	Settlers like Hamas	20:14	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	07/08/07

22.	hold your celebratory fire	20:29	\|	Pamela	07/08/07

23.	FALSE HANNAH ALERT! #1	21:16	\|	Hannah	07/08/07

24.	would Moe the Prophet have shot ammo in the air?	21:35	\|	Richard S	07/08/07

25.	Another attempt to chide gun nuts	22:17	\|	Mark Lincoln	07/08/07

26.	Who pays for the cost of medical care and losses for this man?	23:05	\|	PETER SM	07/08/07

27.	20: Deborah, it`s not a "custom", it`s a "culture"	11:31	\|	David Teich	08/08/07