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| IDF doubles units deployed in Gush Etzion |
| 2015-10-29 |
| [Jpost] In light of the continuous spate of Paleostinian knife attacks on Israelis in the Gush Etzion junction area, the IDF has doubled the number of units securing the area. Military sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the move is part of a wider effort by the Judea and Samaria Division and Central Command to protect civilians from knife terrorism plaguing the Gush Etzion junction very frequently in recent days. "We are preparing for this wave of terrorism to become prolonged, and we are preparing for the potential of an escalation," one of the sources said. "We are adjusting the way we activate forces to deal with knife attacks." Col. Roman Gofman, commander of the IDF's Gush Etzion Brigade, issued instructions to step up patrols around a gas station in the area, and at other spots prone to knife attacks. Concrete blocks have been set up around bus stops and hitchhiking posts, and cameras, which dot the area, help the IDF investigate past incidents and evaluate the security situation. The Gush junction is an area where Jews and Paleostinians frequently interact, making it a terrorism hot spot in the West Bank. Israeli stabbed in Gush Etzion junction attack [Ynet] Woman moderately maimed, attacker apprehended around half an hour after attempted stabbing near Hebron. A 40-year-old Israeli woman was stabbed and moderately maimed at Gush Etzion junction on Wednesday afternoon, according to MDA. The attacker was soon apprehended. A large number of security forces made their way to the scene, where the woman had been maimed in a shopping area. Only about half an hour earlier, a Paleostinian man attempted to stab a group of soldiers near the entrance of Tel Ramadia in Hebron on Wednesday afternoon, and was consequentially shot and killed. The soldiers from the Givati Brigade, noticed the man pulling a knife during a typical security inspection at the entrance to the neighborhood, and managed to shoot the assailant before he could stab them. The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, aligned city of Hebron has become the most recent flashpoint in the current wave of violence, with several attacks and stabbing attempts having taken place in the city. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Nice move. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-10-29 17:20 |