Fatal attacks on settlers have included firing of rockets and mortars and drive-by shootings, also targeting infants and children. Violent incidents include the murder of Shalhevet Pass, a ten-month-old baby shot by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron, and the murder of two teenagers by unknown perpetrators on 8 May 2001, whose bodies were hidden in a cave near Tekoa, a crime that Israeli authorities suggest may have been committed by Palestinian terrorists. In the Bat Ayin axe attack, children in Bat Ayin were attacked by a Palestinian wielding an axe and a knife. A 13-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously wounded.Teen killed in West Bank terror attack , Ynet News, 4 February 2009 Rabbi Meir Hai, a father of seven, was killed in a drive-by shooting.Father of seven shot dead in West Bank terror attack, Jerusalem Post, 25 December 2009Ethan Bronner, Israeli Military Kills 6 Palestinians , New York Times, 26 December 2009 In August 2011, five members of one family were killed in their beds. The victims were the father Ehud (Udi) Fogel, the mother Ruth Fogel, and three of their six children—Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, the youngest, a three-month-old infant. According to David Ha'ivri, and as reported by multiple sources, the infant was decapitated.
Fatal attacks on settlers have included firing of rockets and mortars and drive-by shootings, also targeting infants and children. Violent incidents include the murder of Shalhevet Pa:ss, a ten-month-old baby shot by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron, and the murder of two teenagers by unknown perpetrators on 8 May 2001, whose bodies were hidden in a c,ave near Tekoa, a crime that Israeli authorities suggest may have been committed by Palestinian terrorists. In the Bat Ayin axe attack, children in Bat Ayin were attacked by a Palestinian wielding an axe and a knife. A 13-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously wounded.Teen killed in West Bank terror attack , Ynet News, 4 February 2009 Rabbi Meir Hai, a father of seven, was killed in a drive-by shooting.Father of seven shot dead in West Bank terror attack, Jerusalem Post, 25 December 2009Ethan Bronner, Israeli Military Kills 6 Palestinians , New York Times, 26 December 2009 In August 2011, five members of one family were killed in. their beds. The victims were the father Ehud (Udi) Fogel, the moth:er Ruth Fogel, and three of their six children—Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, the youngest, a three-month-old infant. According to David Ha'ivri, and as reported by multiple sources, the infant was decapitated.