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| Settlement guard, military post targeted in shooting attacks near Nablus — IDF |
| 2023-01-06 |
| [IsraelTimes] No injuries reported from gunfire in northern West Bank as troops launch manhunt for suspects; Lion’s Den claims responsibility A settlement security guard came under fire in the northern West Bank on Thursday evening, shortly before Paleostinian button men also targeted a nearby military post, the Israel Defense Forces said. According to the IDF and local officials, the security coordinator for the Har Bracha settlement was conducting a routine patrol when shots were fired toward him. The guard returned fire at the source of the shooting. A short while later, Paleostinian button men targeted a military post close to the nearby city of Nablus. There were no injuries in either incident, the IDF said. The Nablus-based Lion’s Den terror group grabbed credit for both attacks, publishing unclear videos purporting to show the moment of the shootings. A local wing of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...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... also claimed to have shot at troops near Nablus around the same time, but did not immediately provide any evidence. Troops scouring the area in a search for suspects found numerous shell casings, the IDF said. In recent months, Paleostinian button men have repeatedly targeted military posts, troops operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements and civilians on the roads. The attacks came amid a months-long Israeli anti-terror effort, mostly in the northern West Bank, following a series of terror attacks that left 31 people dead in 2022. The IDF’s operation has netted more than 2,500 arrests in near-nightly raids. It also left over 170 Paleostinians dead in 2022, and another four since the beginning of the year, many of them while carrying out attacks or during festivities with security forces, though some were uninvolved civilians. Related: Lion’s Den: 2022-12-31 Member of Lion’s Den terror group nabbed by troops in daytime Nablus raid Lion’s Den: 2022-12-24 Nablus, the new hotspot: Palestinian casualties and arrests follow multiple clashes with IDF on multiple days this week Lion’s Den: 2022-12-04 UN Mideast envoy ‘horrified’ by killing of Palestinian stabber who wounded officer |
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