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, killing four Israeli Arabs and seriously wounding five other people before he was killed, according to Israeli police.

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

"This terrorist event was a deliberate attempt to harm the fabric 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。