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| Palestinian assailants killed near Hebron, IDF says; Israeli man injured by explosive |
| 2024-04-22 |
| [IsraelTimes] No injuries to Israeli forces in first incident at Beit Einun Junction; man hit by bomb had been trying to kick down Palestinian flag planted in field Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot and killed two Paleostinian attackers who opened fire on and tried to stab troops near the West Bank city of Hebron, the military said Sunday. Elsewhere in the West Bank, an Israeli man was lightly injured by a small bomb attached to a Paleostinian flag planted in a field. In the first incident, two men approaching the Beit Einun Junction at around 7 a.m. tried to attack soldiers. One of the men pulled out a knife and tried to stab them, and the second then opened fire with a gun, the army said. Troops returned fire at both attackers, "neutralizing" them, the IDF said. No soldiers were maimed. According to medics, both Paleostinian men were killed. They were not immediately identified. In reported footage from near the attack posted online, a single gunshot could be heard, followed by several shots after a short pause. Another photo posted online showed a man lying on a sidewalk at the intersection as a soldier trains a rifle on him. Later Sunday morning, an off-duty IDF reservist was lightly injured as a result of an improvised bomb near the West Bank settlement of Kohav HaShahar, medics and the army said. The man was trying to remove a Paleostinian flag on the side of Route 458 when it went kaboom!Graphic footage filmed by a passenger in a car showed a man walking up to a flag attached to a flagpole planted in a field. As he swings a leg to kick it down, an explosive goes off under him. The man, identified as 28-year-old Israeli Levi, was treated at the scene for minor injuries and later taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. He had initially declined transport to a hospital. Levi told the Ynet news site that "it was a serious bomb, but luckily I gave it a kick and the earth-shattering kaboom happened to the side, and not on me." Levi said fragments hit him in the hands, causing minor injuries. The IDF said it had dispatched troops to the scene to search for suspects. In another attack Sunday, Paleostinian button men in the northern West Bank shot up the Israeli community of Kibbutz Meirav, the IDF said. There were no injuries in the attack, but slight damage was caused to one of the homes. Meirav lies close to the Green Line, which separates Israel from the West Bank. While Paleostinians periodically carry out shooting attacks against Israelis in the West Bank, shooting attacks from the West Bank into Israel are less common. The army said troops were blocking roads and scanning the area for the suspects. Amid searches in the town of Jalbun, from which the attack was carried out, Paleostinians hurled an explosive at the troops, the IDF said. There were no injuries. Two other attacks on troops were reported overnight. Shots were fired at the Salam army outpost in the northern West Bank, near the Paleostinian city of Jenin, causing no injuries. In addition, shots were also fired at a military vehicle near the village of Bayt Sira in the northern West Bank. There were no injuries although some bullets hit the vehicle. |
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