8月4日傍晚，以色列北部加利利地区的一辆公交车上发生枪击事件，19岁的以色列现役军人扎达因与人争吵开枪射击，造成4人丧生，另有5人受重伤。他本人随后被当地愤怒的人群打死。外电报道如下：An Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus in Israel's northern Galilee region Thursday, killing¹ four Israeli Arabs and seriously wounding five other people before he was killed, according to Israeli police.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned² the attack, calling it "a reprehensible³ act of a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens."

"This terrorist event was a deliberate attempt to harm the fabric⁴ of relations among all Israeli citizens," Sharon said in a statement issued by his office.

Bloodthirsty意为“嗜杀成性的；残忍的”，和blood有关的词组还有很多，如：blood-curdling（令人毛骨悚然的）；blood-guilt（杀人罪）；bloodlust（杀戮欲）。Bloodshot（眼睛充血的，有血丝的）等。