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When two Palestinian gunmen wearing Israeli Defense Force uniforms invaded a high school in Israel, an armed high school counselor shot them both dead right there. There were only minor injuries to two high school counselors. Here is a link to the story.
The Israeli high school evidently was not a Gun Free Zone, as high schools are in the United States of America. An Israeli army official praised the counselors' action. In the United States of America they almost certainly would have been arrested for violating a Gun Free Zone and fired from their jobs.
Counselors' heroism foils terror attack in Gush Etzion seminary high school
By Israel Insider staff
January 25, 2008
In Gush Etzion, southeast of Jerusalem, two Palestinian gunmen wearing IDF uniforms burst into the Makor Haim yeshiva high school. Wielding guns and knives, they lightly injured two Israeli counselors before being shot dead.
The terrorists infiltrated Makor Haim, a kibbutz, sneaking into the main building of its high school seminary, run by world-renowned Talmudist, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. The terrorists entered a library room where seven of the boarding school's counselors were meeting. Dressed as security guards, and armed with a knife and what appeared to be a gun -- it later turned out to be a toy -- ordered the seven to line up on one side of the room. A counselor, realizing they were terrorists, drew his personal firearm and opened fire. Another grabbed the fake gun from the other terrorist, wrestled him to the floor, while the first counselor shot him. The terrorists managed to stab two of the counselors before falling dead.
At the same time, the Beit Medrash (study hall) -- adjacent to the library -- was packed with students taking part in the weekly Thursday night "mishmar" all-night Torah study session, Israel National News reported.
An army official praised the quick response of the students and their counselors. "This could have ended much worse," a source in the Central Command said.
The Israeli high school evidently was not a Gun Free Zone, as high schools are in the United States of America. An Israeli army official praised the counselors' action. In the United States of America they almost certainly would have been arrested for violating a Gun Free Zone and fired from their jobs.
Counselors' heroism foils terror attack in Gush Etzion seminary high school
By Israel Insider staff
January 25, 2008
In Gush Etzion, southeast of Jerusalem, two Palestinian gunmen wearing IDF uniforms burst into the Makor Haim yeshiva high school. Wielding guns and knives, they lightly injured two Israeli counselors before being shot dead.
The terrorists infiltrated Makor Haim, a kibbutz, sneaking into the main building of its high school seminary, run by world-renowned Talmudist, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. The terrorists entered a library room where seven of the boarding school's counselors were meeting. Dressed as security guards, and armed with a knife and what appeared to be a gun -- it later turned out to be a toy -- ordered the seven to line up on one side of the room. A counselor, realizing they were terrorists, drew his personal firearm and opened fire. Another grabbed the fake gun from the other terrorist, wrestled him to the floor, while the first counselor shot him. The terrorists managed to stab two of the counselors before falling dead.
At the same time, the Beit Medrash (study hall) -- adjacent to the library -- was packed with students taking part in the weekly Thursday night "mishmar" all-night Torah study session, Israel National News reported.
An army official praised the quick response of the students and their counselors. "This could have ended much worse," a source in the Central Command said.