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IDF raids home of West Bank car-rammer, seizes ‘inciting material’
[IsraelTimes] 15 Paleostinians enjugged for rock throwing, riots; soldiers escort 1,000 Jewish worshipers to Joshua’s Tomb in northern West BankIDF soldiers on Tuesday raided the West Bank hometown of a Paleostinian man who the day before carried out a car-ramming attack in which a soldier was maimed, the army said. On Monday afternoon, a resident of the Paleostinian village of Teqoa outside Bethlehem attempted to drive his car into a group of soldiers, lightly injuring one of them, as they manned a roadblock in the area. After crashing his car into the guard rail, the assailant then tried to stab the soldiers before he was rubbed out by the troops, according to the IDF. The assailant was named in Paleostinian media as Muhammad Ibrahim Jibril, 24. According to the Paleostinian Ma’an news site, Israeli officials agreed to turn over the body for burial Tuesday in exchange for "quiet" in the town. Early Tuesday morning, IDF troops, as well as Border Police officers and members of the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration, entered the village of Teqoa. "The troops carried out searches in the home of the terrorist and in the homes of his family, and seized inciting material," the army said in a statement. The military did not elaborate on the type of materials found, but a picture on Facebook posted by the village’s official page showed a poster ripped off a wall. Between Monday night and Tuesday, the IDF placed in durance vile Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! 15 Paleostinians in cities and towns across the West Bank who were suspected of rock throwing, taking part in riots and other forms of so-called "popular terrorism," the military said. The army also escorted approximately 1,000 worshipers to the Joshua’s Tomb holy site in the northern West Bank village of Kifl Hares. Paleostinian residents threw large stones at the escorting Israeli soldiers, before the troops drove them back with stun grenades, the army said. There were no reports of injuries. Police arrest 26 Palestinians for entering Israel illegally [IsraelTimes] Israel Police officers stop a bus in the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm and find 26 Palestinians from the West Bank who are in Israel illegally. A 27th man on the bus, also a West Bank Palestinian, had an entry permit. The entire group is placed under arrest and taken for questioning. Within a few hours, 16 are released back to the West Bank, while police seek extended remands for the rest. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-12 |
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