Jewish Couple from the West Bank Injured by Terrorist Molotov Cocktail

A Jewish couple from the West Bank settlement of Alfe Menashe near Kalkilya were injured when a Molotov cocktail was thrown into their car as they were driving to Ben Gurion International Airport for a trip abroad Thursday morning.

The incident occurred near the same crossroads where Ofra Moses, also of Alfe Menashe, was burned to death by a petroleum bomb thrown into the family car four months ago. Her son died of his injuries some weeks later.

Edna Regev, 40, was taken to the hospital with third-degree burns on her head and chest, but her husband, Menashe, 47, received lighter burns on his back.

The gasoline bomb was thrown into the back seat of the car, setting Edna Regev’s clothes on fire. She remained conscious but was unable to get out of the car and was dragged away from the burning vehicle by her husband, who rolled her on the ground to extinguish the flames.

Security forces clamped a curfew on Kalkilya and the surrounding area.

Edna Regev, a schoolteacher in Alfe Menashe, told reporters in the hospital that the family — including her two teen-aged children — would not be deterred by the attack but would continue to live in Alfe Menashe, where they had made their home for the last four years.

Central Command Maj. Avraham Mitzna, who visited the scene of the attack, said that it could not immediately be established whether there was a direct connection between Thursday’s attack and the attack on the Moses family at the same spot.

But he said a terrorist gang appeared to be active in the general area of Kalkilya, and the IDF was stepping up its security precautions.