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| Israeli man lightly hurt in West Bank car-ramming attack |
| 2017-04-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Assailant shot and killed by soldiers at the scene; victim, approximately 60, suffers head wound. An Israeli man was lightly maimed in a car-ramming attack near the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday, the army said. The driver of the vehicle was shot and fatally maimed by IDF troops who were on the scene, a military spokesperson said. A spokesperson for Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center said the Paleostinian assailant was brought to the hospital at death's door after receiving treatment on the scene by military medics. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving to the hospital, an army spokesperson said. The assailant was later identified as Sahib Mousa Mashahrah, 21, from nearby al-Sawahreh, according to the Paleostinian Maan news agency. Medics from the Magen David Adom ambulance service treated the injured Israeli man, who suffered a head wound after being hit by the car as it plowed into a bus. The victim was conscious, "but disoriented" after the attack, a medic said. According to MDA, the victim was approximately 60 years old. He too received treatment on the scene before being taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment. The Gush Etzion Junction has been the site of multiple attacks against both civilians and soldiers in the past two years. Security forces arrest 8 terror suspects in the West Bank [Ynet] Security forces tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! 8 wanted suspects in the West Bank including Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", operatives and those suspected of violent disturbances. According to the IDF, during the operation, improvised weapons and ammunition were found by the Judea and Samaria Division. 2 Palestinians arrested near Silwad armed with M-16s [Ynet] Two Paleostinian residents of Nablus were tossed in the slammer Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! near the village of Silwad Tuesday after they were discovered armed with M-16 rifles. The two were taken for questioning by Police. Two Palestinian youths arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Border Police jeep [Ynet] Two Paleostinian youths, who threw a Molotov cocktail at a Border Police jeep in the area of the Tunnels Road in Jerusalem, were tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! . The bottle had not flared up. Following the incident, the soldiers located the two Paleostinian suspects. In a search carried out by the soldiers, several additional Molotov cocktails were found in one of the suspects' backpack. |
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