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Palestinian opens fire on West Bank road, none hurt – army
[IsraelTimes] Shooting part of spike in violence; soldier maimed in Jenin during early morning arrest raid in which residents shoot, throw pipe bombs at troops.A Paleostinian man opened fire on vehicles traveling on Route 55 in the northern West Bank on Thursday afternoon, the IDF said. No one was hurt in the attack. A bullet casing was found at the site, which lies near the village of Azzun east of the Paleostinian city of Qalqilya. IDF forces "are searching the area for the suspect," the army said in a statement. The incident continues a sharp spike in violence in the West Bank in recent days. An IDF soldier was lightly maimed in festivities between troops and residents in the West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday morning, the army said. During the fighting, Paleostinians fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails and pipe bombs at the troops, who shot up their attackers, the army said. It was not immediately clear which side caused the soldier’s wounds. The soldier received treatment on the scene and was then taken to a nearby hospital for further treatment. The army entered the Paleostinian city’s refugee camp to conduct an arrest raid when they came under attack by local residents. During the operation, the IDF picked up two suspected Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, members -- brothers Muhammad and Ahmed As’ad Abu Khalifa, according to Paleostinian media. Overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning, the army conducted a number of operations throughout the West Bank, including a crackdown on the manufacturing of illegal weapons in the city of Hebron, the army said. In the village of Aboud, northwest of Ramallah, the IDF also collected evidence from the home of a Paleostinian man -- identified by Paleostinian media as Raed Omar Nizar Barghouti -- who opened fire on an army post earlier in the evening, the army said. Small-scale fighting was reported during an arrest raid in the Deheishe refugee camp outside Bethlehem. The festivities broke out after IDF troops moved into the city to pick up two residents, Paleostinian media reported. In Hebron, the army shuttered a workshop that is believed to have been used to craft makeshift guns, the army said. Eight pieces of machinery, including drill presses and lathes, were confiscated during the operation. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers picked up five more Paleostinian suspects, four of them for rock-throwing. The fifth, who was tossed in the slammer Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in al-Hashimia, north of Jenin, was suspected of being a member of the Hamas terrorist organization, the army said. Earlier on Wednesday night, Barghouti shot at an army position outside Aboud from a passing car. IDF troops fired back, wounding him. He received medical treatment on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital, the army said. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-27 |
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