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| IDF soldier moderately wounded in stabbing attack; assailant killed | |
| 2016-10-01 | |
[IsraelTimes] 24-year-old suffers injuries to upper body outside Qalandia checkpoint; some 200 Paleostinians riot near crossing
The 24-year-old IDF soldier was stabbed by a 28-year-old assailant who approached the Israeli checkpoint at Qalandiya on foot, officials said. the attacker was shot by both a soldier from the Military Police and a civilian security guard, and was killed. The soldier suffered stab wounds to his upper body. He was treated at the scene by paramedics who then took him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem The attacker was a Jerusalem native, according to AFP. Some 200 Paleostinians were rioting at the Qalandia checkpoint an hour after the stabbing. Police said security forces at the checkpoint were using riot-dispersal means. The Qalandiya checkpoint is the main crossing into the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian arrested for planning to attack IDF colonel in West Bank [IsraelTimes] No injuries reported in incident southwest of Hebron; soldiers wrestle alleged would-be assailant to the ground A Paleostinian man was jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! after he approached a senior IDF officer while holding a knife, near the West Bank city of Hebron Friday afternoon, the army said. The attacker approached the command vehicle of Col. Itzik Cohen outside the West Bank settlement of Negohot, southwest of Hebron, the army said. Soldiers wrestled the suspect to the ground and placed him under arrest. The soldiers did not use their firearms, and there were no injuries reported. Cohen leads the Judea Regional Brigade, which is responsible for Hebron and the surrounding area. The suspect, who has yet to be identified, was taken into custody for questioning, the army said. On Wednesday, the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group urged Paleostinians to hold a "Day of Rage" on Friday, coinciding with the state funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, which was held on the same day. The call is meant to mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of a wave of terror attacks, including stabbings and car-rammings throughout the West Bank and in Jerusalem, that launched in September 2015. | |
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