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Last update - 07:56 31/12/2007 Surviving hiker recounts Friday`s shooting attack in Hebron Hills By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Kiryat Arba  The sole survivor of Friday's terror attack on hikers near Hebron, Naama Ohion, is a first-year law student at Ono College in Kiryat Ono. She is the second-oldest daughter of Amram and Simone Ohion, among the veteran settlers of Kiryat Arba. Ohion, together with two friends who were shot to death by terrorists, Ahikam Amihai and David Rubin, were among the main activists in a group of Kiryat Arba young people known for their volunteer work in Sderot and elsewhere. The group also organized an annual bicycle ride from Kiryat Arba to Jerusalem in memory of Yitzak Boanish, the town's security officer who was killed a few years ago in a terror attack in Hebron, together with the commander of the Israel Defense Forces Hebron Brigade, Dror Weinberg, and others. Ohion, born and raised in Kiryat Arba, did her national service as a tour educator at Beit Moriah, a religious studies institute for Orthodox young women, in Be'er Sheva. Advertisement The hike Ohion, Amihai and Rubin had planned Friday was to have ended at the springs in Wadi Iskha, where there is a cave hundreds of meters long with numerous levels and crawl spaces, inhabited by fruit bats. According to one theory, the cave served as a hideout for the second-century CE rebel against Rome, Bar Kokhba. Amihai, who served for a year with Hebrew University's Cave Research Unit, knew the cave and wanted to show his friends. Ohion, who refused to speak to the press, was surrounded yesterday by friends and family, staff from the Kiryat Arba Regional Council, her mother, a social worker for the regional council, her father, who works for the Chief Rabbinate, her six brothers and sisters and many friends. Ohion told her friends that, at the beginning of the hike, an elderly Arab passed them, and they began to recall the story from the 1948 war of an elderly Arab who passed 35 Jewish fighters attempting to reach the besieged communities of the Etzion Bloc. The fighters were later attacked and killed. According to one version of the story, it was the elderly Arab who informed others of their presence. Ohion told her friends they were making black-humor jokes about the historical incident. "We could never imagine that our hike would end up like theirs," her friends said she told them. About an hour later, she said, a gray Land Rover appeared and drove toward the three hikers, with a rifle barrel sticking out of the window. A Palestinian sitting in the back seat sprayed the three with bullets. Amihai and Rubin were hit, and Ohion ran to hid behind bushes above the trail. When she heard the shooting die down and the terrorists' vehicle drive away, she came out of her hiding place. Ohion saw her friends' bodies riddled with bullets. After her attempts to resuscitate them failed, she climbed out of the wadi to a high point where she could use her cell phone, and waited there until help came. Related articles: PA premier Fayyad says suspects in killings of 2 Israelis caught by PA Blocking the escalation ANALYSIS / Nipping new W. Bank Jewish terror group in the bud Bookmark to del.icio.us   A second visit? Peres invites Bush to visit Israel in May for Independence Day. After Iowa Is there room for both McCain and Giuliani's campaigns?   1.   Sincere condolences to family & friends 01:48  |  Free Gilad Shalit 31/12/07   2.   ahhh such a touching stoyry from the little terrorist squatter 01:51  |  get real 31/12/07   3.   Pal Mohamedan Arab terrorists= War criminals 02:59  |  Cristo 31/12/07   4.   Strange - must be Zionist disinformation 03:46  |  Maya 31/12/07   5.   All Surrendered Land Becomes Military Base 03:46  |  Ghost of Gush Katif 31/12/07   6.   3. sorry cristo the idiot: the sign clearly said 04:08  |  i ain`t lying 31/12/07   7.   #2 get real,- You really should 04:42  |  * BEN JABO 31/12/07   8.   AMBUSHED,mortally wounded by Arabs they fought back.Arab ran away 05:17  |  PETER SM 31/12/07   9.   Kiryat Arba: referenced 12 times in the Hebrew Bible (Old T. ) 06:02  |  avigdor 31/12/07   10.   Tresspassers will be shot on sight, 06:19  |  Ben Othman 31/12/07   11.   Netiv HaLamed Hei (Convoy of 35) killed by Arabs in 1948 06:19  |  avigdor 31/12/07   12.   One group of terrorists attacking another group of terrorists 06:45  |  anti-racist 31/12/07   13.   very sad 07:27  |  colleen 31/12/07   14.   Kiryat Arba antiquity and modernity pointers-Talkback reading aid 07:29  |  avigdor 31/12/07   15.   Get Real: You will NEVER get your land as long as you murder us 07:35  |  Dan 31/12/07   16.   #2,6 and 7 and HaAretz 08:14  |  John 31/12/07   17.   #2 Get real. Settlements are absolutely legal and within law 08:14  |  Marwan مروان خوري 31/12/07   18.   Drive by shootings 08:18  |  Av 10,3830 31/12/07   19.   2/7 I agree. Tragic payment for occupation 08:20  |  1 state soln 31/12/07   20.   "Thou shall not steal", plus a practical nuance. 08:59  |  avigdor 31/12/07   21.   Casualties of war 09:15  |  Natallie Durson 31/12/07   22.   ?????????????????how strange?????????? 11:22  |  eric 31/12/07   23.   #15 Dan - Haifa 15:14  |  * BEN JABO 31/12/07   24.   Olmerts government - even the reservists hate him 00:39  |  eddie 01/01/08   25.   #22. Hi Eric. 00:47  |  Maureen Ann 01/01/08   26.   ISRAEL MUST DEFEND ITSELF 01:45  |  JOSEPH 01/01/08   27.   dan`s circular logic 03:07  |  sam 01/01/08   28.   #17 funny you should mention the geneva convention 03:10  |  sam 01/01/08   29.   Palestinian Mandate of 1922 06:02  |  Chaver Steve 01/01/08   30.   1 state soln 06:10  |  alan 01/01/08   31.   #22 -eric- I gree, something fishy about this story... 11:08  |  JustMe 01/01/08   32.   Never hike in these areas, PERIOD ! 12:11  |  Aaron 01/01/08   33.   Thoroughly nuttie natalie... 12:33  |  sptz 01/01/08   34.   26. the only solution: zion must move to mars 17:23  |  i ain`t lying 01/01/08   35.   settlers out of Palestine..back to Poland 20:16  |  American 01/01/08   36.   get real 23:11  |  bytheway 01/01/08   37.   Maureen Ann 23:15  |  volunteer from OZ 01/01/08   38.   Non Haredim Sin and are Punished 02:45  |  Simon 02/01/08   39.   Orthodox Girls Are Not Allowed to Have Boyfriends 02:47  |  Simon 02/01/08   40.   #25 Maureen Ann - U need A rational New Year 04:11  |  * BEN JABO 05/01/08   41.   #39 Simon - She wasn`t Muslim 04:15  |  * BEN JABO 05/01/08   42.   Just Me 04:20  |  * BEN JABO 05/01/08

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