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| Soldier killed in shooting attack Tuesday while securing settler march in northern West Bank | |
| 2022-10-13 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Armed Paleostinian faction claims responsibility for attack that killed Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch; guard seriously maimed in Saturday attack near Jerusalem still in intensive care An Israeli soldier was killed in a shooting near the settlement of Shavei Shomron in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, the military said. The Israel Defense Forces said the soldier, later named as Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, was seriously hurt and was taken by ambulance for medical treatment at the Meir Medical Center. Baruch, 21, was from the central town of Gedera and of the military’s Givati infantry brigade, part of its reconnaissance unit. His death was later declared by medical staff at the hospital in Kfar Saba. A gunman apparently opened fire from a passing vehicle and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace at a high speed, according to the IDF’s initial probe of the shooting. Security camera footage showed the car fleeing the area, passing by a military vehicle, toward the Paleostinian town of Deir Sharaf. The attack came as settlers held a march near the adjacent Paleostinian town of Sebastia over a string of recent shootings in the West Bank. The soldier was part of a unit securing the march. The organizers said the march continued as planned following the shooting, which it said occurred several kilometers away. An armed Paleostinian faction calling itself the Lion’s Den
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... It has grabbed credit for numerous attacks in the northern West Bank in recent weeks, including one targeting another demonstration held by settlers near Nablus. Amid searches for the alleged gunman, shooting was heard in the Deir Sharaf area. In arrest raids across the West Bank early Tuesday, 10 wanted Paleostinians were arrested and several firearms were seized, the IDF said. Related: Shavei Shomron: 2022-10-12 Israeli soldier has been shot dead near a settlement in the occupied WestBank Shavei Shomron: 2022-08-28 Guards said to foil stabbing attack at West Bank crossing Shavei Shomron: 2021-12-18 After deadly shooting, extremist settlers accused of assaulting Palestinians | |
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