As security forces continue to hunt for the terrorists who set off a roadside bomb near Danny Spring outside the settlement of Dolev in Samaria that killed Rina Shnerb, 17, and seriously wounded her father and brothers, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon is seeking international condemnation.
In an open letter to Virginia Gamba, the UN Under Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict, Danon wrote, "Rina Shnerb had just celebrated her 17th birthday a week prior to the incident."
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Danon said that Shnerb was walking to the spring, when a concealed roadside bomb hidden by terrorists detonated, killing her.
Danon pointed out that Shnerb was murdered only days after Dvir Sorek, 18, was stabbed to death by terrorists.
"Israel is extremely concerned about the growing trend of violent and murderous acts by Palestinian terrorists that … target Israeli children," Danon wrote to Gamba, adding that terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad glorified such attacks.
After the news of Shnerb's death, Hamas lauded the attack, saying that it was a response to Israel's "aggression."
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh issued a statement saying the attack was "proof of the vitality and courage of the Palestinian people, who will not surrender to the crimes of the occupation."
He called the attack "a heroic act."
