April 27, 2002

At least 2 Hamas gunmen dressed in IDF uniforms raid Adora settlement, fatally shooting 5 Jewish settlers, injuring 7. The IDF pursues the pair, fatally shoots 1 dead in the nearby Palestinian village of Tufah; the other escapes. In Bethlehem, an IDF sniper seriously injuries another Palestinian inside the Church of the Nativity. (NYT, WP 4/28; HA, MM 4/29; MEI 5/3)