2003 Route 60 Hamas ambush: Difference between revisions

On 20 June 2003 Howard (Zvi; Tzvi) Goldstein, age 47, his wife Michal, and Goldstein's parents, Lorraine, 73, and Eugene, 73, Goldstein drove on [[Highway 60 (Israel)|Route 60]] en route to a party in [[Jerusalem]] celebrating the wedding of Michal and Zvi Goldstein's son, David, which had taken place on the previous day. Two members of a [[Hamas]] cell waiting in ambush on the roadside opened fire with [[AK-47]]s, hitting all four occupants of the car. Eugene Goldstein took the steering wheel and to help his injured son drive the car away from the gunmen and drove eight miles for medical help before the car flipped over.<ref name=Dan>{{cite news|last1=Dan|first1=Uri|title=N.Y. Hero''s Sacrifice: Dying, He Drives Kin from Thugs|url=https://nypost.com/2003/06/21/n-y-heros-sacrifice-dying-he-drives-kin-from-thugs/|access-date=15 August 2015|publisher=New York Post|date=21 June 2003}}</ref><ref name=Clifford/><ref name=ShotKilled>{{cite news|title=Israeli-American Motorist Shot and Killed in West Bank|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/06/20/israeli-american-motorist-shot-and-killed-in-west-bank.html|access-date=16 August 2015|agency=AP|publisher=Fox News|date=20 June 2003}}</ref><ref name=Funeral/><ref name=WBCNewsSuing/>

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[[Category:Murder in 2003]]

[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2003]]