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| Firebombs hurled near Tomb of Patriarchs in Hebron among other Israeli adventures | |
| 2015-10-18 | |
Several Molotov cocktails were thrown near Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs, and an explosive device was hurled at an IDF patrol nearby Saturday night, as violence continued to rock the area after a day which saw three stabbing attacks in the flashpoint city. No injuries were reported at the Tomb of the Patriarchs after at least five firebombs were thrown at a military checkpoint next to the pilgrimage site, according to media reports. The shrine, revered as the final resting place of the Biblical patriarchs and matriarchs, is the second holiest site in Judaism and is also revered by Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque. The attack came days after Palestinian rioters set fire to Joseph’s Tomb in the Palestinian city of Nablus, seriously damaging the biblical pilgrimage site revered by Jews and Muslims and drawing wide condemnation. An IDF patrol in the Hebron Hills outside the city also came under fire Saturday night from an improvised explosive device. There were no injuries reported in that attack. The incidents came after a particularly bloody weekend in Hebron, which is split between a Jewish community and larger Palestinian population and has become a center of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Hours before the Molotov attacks, an Israeli solder suffered light-to-moderate wounds when he was stabbed by a Palestinian boy, 16. The attacker was shot and evacuated to an Israeli hospital in serious condition, according to Israel Radio. Other Hebrew-language news outlets reported the attacker died of his injuries after arriving at the hospital. Jewish residents of Hebron briefly blocked access for the military ambulance that was evacuating the Palestinian stabber, puncturing one of the wheels on the vehicle. Saturday morning saw two separate stabbing attempts by Palestinians. In the first incident, a Palestinian man, 18, was shot dead as he tried to stab an Israeli civilian in a Jewish neighborhood, police said. Hours later, a Palestinian girl, 16, was shot dead as she knifed a border policewoman near the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The policewoman suffered light wounds to her hands. On Friday, a Palestinian man posing as a press photographer stabbed an Israeli soldier in the same area, moderately wounding him. The attacker was shot dead by security forces at the scene. Saturday also saw attempted stabbings against Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and at the Qalandiya checkpoint outside the capital. The attackers in both incidents were killed. There were no reported injuries in either attempt. Saturday’s incidents were the latest in a spate of near-daily attacks against Israeli civilians and security forces across Israel and in the West Bank. Since October 1, seven Israelis have been killed and dozens injured in 30 separate stabbing or attempted stabbing attacks by Palestinian assailants. On the Palestinian side, 40 have been killed so far, including 18 attackers. The rest died in clashes with IDF troops either in the West Bank or along the Gaza border. Two of the casualties, a pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 11, which came in response to an earlier rocket attack. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Immediate negative feedback is a good training technique. Have enough "snipers" equipped with pain rays. As soon as someone throws a rock/petro-bomb irradiate them. I doubt that snipers want to shoot to kill kids even if they are misbehaving. Now knife attacks are a different matter. Legitimate self-defense says take them out. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-18 12:15 |
| #1 stabbed by a Palestinian boy, 16. The attacker was shot and evacuated to an Israeli hospital -or- a Palestinian girl, 16, was shot dead as she knifed a border policewoman I vote for the terminal resolution. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-10-18 09:29 |