This is why there are checkpoints
The Islamic Jihad suicide bomber, who recently killed a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, was originally planning on blowing up a children’s Hanukkah celebration.(via Jihad Watch)
The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility Friday for a suicide bombing in the West Bank that killed one soldier and two other Palestinians.
Islamic Jihad activists in the West Bank village of Atil, near Tul Karm, announced on loudspeakers that their bomber, Sohieb Ibrahim Yassin, 19, carried out Thursday’s attack.
Army sources said the suicide bomber who killed an Israel Defense Forces officer and two Palestinians at an army checkpoint near Tul Karm Thursday was apparently planning to blow himself up at one of the many children’s events taking place in Tel Aviv during this week’s Hanukkah holiday.
Had the bomber not been stopped at the checkpoint, the attack would have been far more deadly, said the sources.
As long as there are sick, twisted bastards like these guys, checkpoints will need to exist.
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