Further implementations of the Tenet plan calling for additional concessions to the Palestinians were frozen this morning when Israel's security cabinet met in response to yesterday's attacks.

Dan Yehuda, 35, was killed while driving between Shavei Shomron and Homesh yesterday afternoon. Two terrorists driving in a yellow Mercedes taxi passed Yehuda's vehicle and then performed a U-turn, pursued the car and opened fire. The assailants then approached the car to check if its occupants were dead.

Yehuda's passenger, Alex Briskin, 17, suffered light to moderate wounds in the attack. Briskin survived by lying on the car floor and pretending he was dead when the terrorists approached.

Yehuda had been involved in a similar shooting attack last week, when shots were fired on his car on the Nablus bypass road. Yehuda, who escaped that attack unharmed, was buried last night on Moshav Bnei Ayash.

Yesterday evening Doron Zisserman, 38, was shot in the head and neck by a terrorist standing on a hilltop east of the entrance to Einav. An ambulance from Magen David Adom arrived within minutes but efforts to save Zisserman's life were unsuccessful.

The terrorist opened fire on a convoy of three cars and continued to shoot until Yoram Mor-Yosef, the driver of the third car, returned fire. "I managed to fire back at him from my car; I hope I hit him," Mor-Yosef told the Jerusalem Post.

In another West Bank attack, a resident of Ateret, northwest of Ramallah, was shot in the legs late yesterday afternoon while driving near the community. The shots were reportedly fired by terrorists hiding in an ambush near the side of the road. The man was taken to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, where his wounds were described as light.

Two different organizations affiliated with the Fatah faction claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting that killed Danny Yehuda. The Thabet Thabet Brigade announced on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television it had carried out the terrorist attack. Army Radio reported that the Al Aksa Martyrs group released a similar statement in Beirut.

According to an Army Radio report today, the Fatah organization also took responsibility for the murder of Doron Zisserman.

Representatives of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip said yesterday that they held Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his government responsible for the spilling of Israeli blood. The Prime Minister said yesterday that he would distance himself from calls from the Right demanding that Israel wage war against the Palestinians.

Last night two residents of Ateret and Neveh Tzuf were arrested after they entered the village of Umm Tsafa to vent their anger at the shootings. Six other residents of Samaria were arrested when they were found with two containers of gasoline, a knife and a spike. The six were taken to Ariel police headquarters for questioning. Shortly afterwards, some 30 Tapuach residents clashed with police at the station demanding their release.

This morning, Israeli residents of Judea blocked roads to Palestinian motorists at several locations near Hebron and Halhoul. The action came as a protest over the lack of adequate security protection for Israeli traffic.

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