A seven-month-old girl and a man were killed Friday night, Rosh Hashanah eve, in a terror attack on the Negohot settlement, southwest of Hebron. Two other Israeli civilians were lightly injured in the infiltration. The terrorist, from Islamic Jihad, was shot and killed by the Israel Defense Forces.

The attack occurred hours after the start of the Jewish New Year holiday, around 9:30 P.M.
The terrorist, who was armed with an M-16 rifle and two hand grenades, infiltrated the settlement from the northwest. The point of entry lacks any
sort of fence obstacle that might delay such an infiltration. Nobody spotted the terrorist as he slipped into the settlement under the cover of darkness, and attacked the first home he saw, a caravan which houses the Avraham family.

The terrorist rapped on the door several times, but did not answer the question "who's there?" One of the guests in the home, Eyal Yeverbaum, who was armed with a pistol, went to open the door. As soon as it swung open, the terrorist fired two bullets from point-blank range at the man. Though mortally wounded, Yeverbaum managed to slam the door shut.

A few guests were in the caravan, sitting at a table for the holiday celebration. One guest was an IDF reservist, and his rifle was propped up against a wall. The head of the Avraham household was the first to respond, and shot a bullet from the reservist's rifle through the closed door; the reserve soldier then took the rifle and fired more rounds at the terrorist.

While retreating from the caravan, the terrorist fired a few bullets through the door. These shots mortally wounded the baby girl, Shaked Avraham; her death was confirmed a short time later. An emergency medical team at the spot also tried, to no avail, to revive Eyal Yeverbaum. Two other guests were lightly injured by shrapnel; they were taken to Soroka Medical Center, Be'er Sheva, for treatment...