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IDF officer seriously hurt by bombs at West Bank checkpoint
[IsraelTimes] Improvised bombs appear to have been planted along the road outside the Paleostinian village of HizmeAn IDF officer was maimed Tuesday night when four pipe bombs detonated near him at a West Bank checkpoint outside of the Paleostinian village of Hizme, north of Jerusalem. According to an initial investigation at the scene, the army believes the four improvised bomb had been planted earlier along the road and detonated as the troops approached, the IDF said in a statement. The bombs detonated near the man’s face, seriously wounding him. He was taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood and rushed into an operating room for treatment, a hospital spokesperson said. IDF soldiers, along with a police sapper unit, located five unwent kaboom!pipe bombs in the area. They were "removed and disarmed" in a combined IDF and Israel Police effort, the army said in a statement. Circumstances surrounding the incident were still under investigation as of late Tuesday night, an IDF spokesperson said Tuesday night. Paleostinian reports said soldiers were descending on homes and businesses in the area and confiscating closed circuit television cameras in an effort to apprehend suspects. In addition to his head wound, it is believed that the officer suffered additional injuries, though the full extent of his condition was not immediately known, a hospital spokesperson said. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... hospital sources said later that his life was not in immediate danger. Route 437 highway has been closed in both directions because of the incident, police said. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-05-11 |
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