Three Israeli soldiers were maimed in attacks carried out by Paleostinians in the northern and southern West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, the military said.
In the first incident, a Paleostinian gunman opened fire on troops in a vehicle while they were operating near the Reihan checkpoint in the northern West Bank.
The Israel Defense Forces said two reservists were seriously maimed in the attack.
The pair were airlifted to Rambam Hospital in Haifa for treatment.
The IDF said it launched a manhunt for the assailant.
Shortly after the shooting, a Paleostinian rammed his car into a military post at a junction near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The assailant got out of his car and stabbed one of the soldiers before being shot, the military said.
An officer was moderately maimed. He was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
The assailant was taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba at death's door, according to first responders.
Since late January, the IDF has been carrying out a major offensive in the northern West Bank, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, focusing mainly on the areas of Jenin and Tulkarem.
The offensive followed a spike in West Bank violence since October 7, 2023. Since the Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...onslaught, troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas.
According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, more than 950 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or murderous Moslems carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 51 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank.
Security forces arrest suspect in yesterday’s West Bank shooting attack
[IsraelTimes] Overnight, Israeli security forces detained a Palestinian suspected of carrying out yesterday’s shooting attack near the Reihan checkpoint in the northern West Bank that seriously wounded two reservists, according to the military.
The suspect was arrested in the nearby village of Barta’a, Palestinian media reports.
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