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| Attempted stabbing thwarted near Hebron, attacker shot | |
| 2017-09-14 | |
| [IsraelTimes] No injuries to Israeli forces or civilians in West Bank attack at entrance of Kiryat Arba, terrorist seriously maimed. A Paleostinian man tried to carry out a stabbing attack on Wednesday at a bus stop at the entrance to the Kiryat Arba settlement before being shot and maimed, the IDF said. The military said the man ran toward a bus stop at the Elias Junction brandishing a knife. He was spotted by troops who opened fire, injuring him. No Israeli civilians or soldiers were maimed, the army said, adding that he was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Hebrew media reports said he was in a serious condition. Kiryat Arba is adjacent to the divided West Bank city of Hebron.
Book 'im, Mahmoud! a Paleostinian teenager carrying a knife at a checkpoint in Hebron, the third such incident over the past week. After being asked by police to lift his shirt ‐ where he was hiding the knife ‐ as he passed through a checkpoint near the city’s Tomb of the Patriarch’s holy site, the 15-year-old pulled the knife on the officers, who in turn aimed their weapons at him, a police spokeswoman said. The teenager was then arrested by Border Police and taken for further questioning by security forces, the police spokeswoman said, adding that no shots were fired during the arrest. Police said they were looking into the teenager’s motive. On Friday, a Paleostinian man in his twenties was arrested in Hebron when he was discovered to be hiding a knife on his person, while last Wednesday Border Police officers arrested a Paleostinian teenager in the West Bank city after finding a knife in his possession. Both of those incidents also took place at checkpoints near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Hebron would-be stabber identified as 15-year-old Palestinian [IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian who attempted to stab a soldier near Hebron a short time ago is identified by Paleostinian media and some Hebrew media outlets as Issa Daradat, 15, from village of Sair northeast of Hebron. Palestinian lightly hurt by IDF fire amid clashes in Tubas [Ynet] A Paleostinian was lightly maimed from IDF fire during festivities in the city of Tubas in the West Bank early Wednesday. The IDF Spokesman's Office said Molotov cocktails were thrown at an IDF force operating in the city. | |
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