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Six attempted terror attacks foiled in Jerusalem, West Bank; 5 attackers dead, one hospitalized
Israel's security forces thwarted five attempted terror attacks on Sunday, while a sixth was prevented when a civilian escaped her would-be attacker. No Israeli forces were hurt in any of the incidents, while five of the Paleostinian attackers were rubbed out. On Sunday night, two attackers armed with homemade M-16 rifles shot up a police force that was being briefed about 30 meters away next to a light rail station near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. The officers noticed a suspicious man with a bag in his hand. They approached him and instructed him to stop and put down his bag. He thn pulled out a rifle and aimed it at the officers, who responded quickly and shot him. After having shot the first attacker, the second attacker shot up them. They pursued the shooter, returned fire, and neutralized him. Both attackers were declared dead at the scene. On Sunday afternoon, a Paleostinian woman tried to stab a Border Policeman stationed at the road leading to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The Border Policeman pushed her back and shot her, critically wounding her. The girl, identified by Paleostinian media as 14-year-old Jasmine Rashad al-Zaru, was taken to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Earlier in the afternoon, a woman reported that a young Arab teenage boy, approximately 14 years old, tried to stab her on Moshe Baram Street in Talpiot in southern Jerusalem. She told police that the Arab teenager tapped her on the shoulder, and when she turned around, she saw him holding a knife. She retreated and the would-be attacker fled. The woman was not maimed and police are searching for the runaway suspect. On Sunday morning, two Paleostinians threw stones at passing vehicles near Jenin and tried to cross the separation fence. When forces arrived at the scene, the Paleostinians shot up them. The soldiers fired back and killed the two Paleostinians. No soldiers were maimed in the exchange. The Paleostinian Health Ministry identified the two Paleostinians as Nihad and Fouad Waked, both 15 years old. They were from the same extended family in the West Bank village of al-Araka, near Jenin, but were not close relatives. In another incident on Sunday morning, a Paleostinian knife-wielding attacker ran at Border Police officers at the Mazmoriya security checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem. One of the officers shot and killed him. No Israeli troops were maimed. The Paleostinian Health Ministry identified the Paleostinian as 17-year-old Naim Safi of Abadiya village near Bethlehem. In a separate incident, IDF scouts found a small remote-controlled bomb on the road leading up to Mount Ebal near Nablus. An IDF bomb disposal unit neutralized the explosive. No Israeli forces were hurt. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-02-15 |
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