tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post291347239453992867..comments2024-03-18T21:09:03.146+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: "Mistaken Identity," Jew Killed by IDF, My Close CallBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-87613783033983311312011-11-13T20:38:13.364+02:002011-11-13T20:38:13.364+02:00Hadassa, I guess we should be thankful to G-d that...Hadassa, I guess we should be thankful to G-d that there haven't been more of these awfully tragic accidents.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-16820761091274335042011-11-13T20:21:22.434+02:002011-11-13T20:21:22.434+02:00Shalom!
It happened to us when the entire length o...Shalom!<br />It happened to us when the entire length of Highway 4 was still open to Jewish traffic. We were living in Netzer Hazani and driving guests to Ashkelon after Shabbat, because the bus wouldn't get them there in time to catch their connecting bus. If I remember correctly it was an almost moonless night. About five minutes past K'far Darom we passed what we thought was a patrol Jeep moving slowly. A few rounds fired into the air from a rifle indicated otherwise. There was no barrier in the road and the Jeep was parked in the median strip. The soldier yelled at us for not stopping and we countered back that it was very difficult to distinguish the check point from a moving patrol until we were so close that he opened fire.Hadassanoreply@blogger.com