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| Pre-teen seriously hurt in West Bank firebombing | |
| 2014-12-26 | |
| [IsraelTimes] An 11-year-old girl was maimed in a firekaboom in the West Bank Thursday evening, Israeli military and medical officials said. The girl and her father were driving home near a West Bank settlement in the northern West Bank when their car was struck by a Molotov cocktail. The girl suffered third degree burns over the majority of her body and face and was put on a respirator, paramedics said. The father suffered minor burns to his limbs. Doctors said the girl suffered very serious burns and that her injuries were life-threatening. The father reportedly rescued his daughter from the burning vehicle and carried her over a kilometer to the nearest town to call for help, Channel 2 reported. According to the IDF, the attack occurred on Route 55 outside the Maale Shomron settlement at about 6:30 p.m. Their vehicle was completely consumed by flames, Ynet reported. The IDF was searching the area for suspects.
A military spokeswoman told AFP the assailants, believed to be Paleostinians, threw a Molotov cocktail at the car near the Maale Shomron settlement. Firekabooms by Paleostinians against Israeli civilians and military targets are not rare in the West Bank. According to the military, in the first nine days of December Paleostinians carried out 24 Molotov cocktail attacks, five of them targeting civilian Israeli cars. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Paleos be needing to pray hard |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-26 19:13 |