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| Israeli guard lightly hurt in shooting at checkpoint near Jerusalem; attacker killed |
| 2023-06-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Paleostinian gunman shot after opening fire on Qalandiya checkpoint in West Bank; civil guard hit in shoulder by bullet ricochet, taken to hospital A civilian security guard was lightly injured early Saturday morning after a Paleostinian gunman shot up Israeli security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The attacker was killed, police and medics said. In a statement, Israel Police said the gunman approached the checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah on foot at around 2:40 a.m., and opened fire. Officers and civilian guards fired back, killing the shooter, police said. Paleostinian media identified the attacker as 18-year-old Ishak al-Ajlouni, from the nearby town of Kafr ’Aqab. Police said security forces also seized the assault rifle and several magazines from the gunman. The injured guard, a 22-year-old, was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital for treatment after suffering a wound to his shoulder as a result of a bullet ricochet, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. MDA added that it had also taken another civilian guard, a 24-year-old, to the hospital with mild blunt force trauma. The cause of his injury was not immediately clear. Jerusalem district police chief Deputy Commissioner Doron Turgeman toured the scene after the attack and hailed the forces for their quick response. "The identification of the terrorist who opened fire was immediate, and the force operating the crossing acted in a precise and professional manner until [they] neutralized the threat... ending the event exactly as is expected of them," Turgeman said. Earlier Friday, an Israeli woman who tried to stab soldiers was shot and maimed in the northern West Bank, in what was thought to be a potential attempt to die by suicide. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the woman aged around 40 approached the soldiers near the Tapuah Junction and tried to stab them. "In response, the soldiers opened fire in her direction to remove the danger," the military said. The Tapuah Junction has seen a number of terror attacks in recent years and is some 10 kilometers (six miles) from Eli, where four Israelis were killed in a shooting on Tuesday. Since then, hundreds of right-wing Death Eaters have rampaged through Paleostinian towns and fields, setting homes and cars on fire, and terrorizing residents. One Paleostinian man was killed in unclear circumstances during a settler riot in Turmus Ayya. Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, Tremulus continued with his speech against Varius and his cohorts, watching as his colleagues dropped off to sleep one by one... on Saturday, Paleostinian health officials said a man maimed during festivities with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday morning had died of his wounds. The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said 39-year-old Tareq Mousa Idris was shot in the abdomen during the festivities. The IDF had said Friday that troops exchanged gunfire with Paleostinians during the raid in Nablus. Three suspects were detained in the city, and no soldiers were hurt, the IDF added. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 What Besoeker said. My take, though, is that overall violence is fairly well contained, unlike the two intifadas — all those nightly roundups of miscreants who then sit for months in prison being interrogated to get new lists of future arrestees. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-06-25 10:38 |
| #2 Welcome home Glen. A trip I always wanted to make. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-06-25 09:01 |
| #1 Just got back from a week in and around Jerusalem a couple of hours ago. We fortunately seem to have missed all the festivities- in fact we never saw serious tension where we were (good guide, I guess.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-06-25 04:30 |