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| IDF enforces closure on West Bank hometown of Friday's car-rammer | |
| 2017-11-18 | |
| [IsraelTimes] After terrorist wounds 2 Israelis, one seriously, in vehicular attack near Efrat, army sets up checkpoints around village of Halhul. The Israeli army on Friday set up checkpoints around the West Bank town of Halhul, the home of a Paleostinian terrorist who earlier in the day rammed his car into two people, seriously injuring one of them, the military said. The family of the terrorist was also detained for questioning, the army said. Just after 6:30 a.m., the 17-year-old barreled his car into the first victim, a 70-year-old man, who sustained a light head wound, at the Efrat South Junction. From his hospital bed, the first victim, David Ramati, described seeing the Paleostinian terrorist, "with a big smile on his face," driving toward him at some 100 kilometers (60 miles) an hour. Ramati said he had a pistol and tried to shoot the 17-year-old driver, but he was hit by the car before he could. The terrorist continued down the road to the nearby Gush Etzion Junction where he hit and seriously injured another Israeli man, 35, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. The army said at that point the driver then got out of his car with a knife and tried to stab soldiers who were standing nearby. "The soldiers responded by firing towards the attacker, resulting in his injury," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Following the attack, the military decided to set up a so-called "breathing closure" on Halhul, meaning soldiers allow some cars to travel in and out, once they undergo an inspection. "Following a situational assessment that was held in the Etzion Brigade, IDF troops are enforcing breathing closure on Halhul village, from which the terrorist came, in order to prevent additional assailants from leaving the village," the army said. The head of the army’s Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, and the head of the West Bank Division, Brig. Gen. Eran Niv, visited the scene of the car-ramming and attempted stabbing. They "commended the soldiers’ swift reaction that led to the attacker’s neutralization and prevented further injuries to civilians and soldiers," the army said in a statement. According to the hospital, the terrorist was at death's door. Ramati was taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, while the 35-year-old was taken to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, the MDA said. The seriously injured victim was taken for surgery with a head wound, surgeon’s at the hospital said. "He suffered a head wound. He has an intracranial hemorrhage and will require brain surgery," his doctor said. "He’s at death's door, but he is stable." Army medics treated the maimed terrorist and also brought him to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem for further treatment. The Gush Etzion Junction in the central West Bank has been a common site for terror attacks due to its close proximity to both Israeli settlements and Paleostinian villages.
IDF troops find makeshift firearm in West Bank village [IsraelTimes] IDF soldiers find an improvised firearm in a "security check" in the Paleostinian village of Jit in the northern West Bank, the army says. The firearm is of a type known as "Carlo," usually constructed in makeshift workshops throughout the West Bank. Palestinian arrested in Hebron carrying large kitchen knife [IsraelTimes] Israel Border Policemen tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a 20-year-old Paleostinian carrying a large kitchen knife Friday next to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. An initial investigation indicates he was planning to carry out a stabbing attack against security forces due to a family dispute. | |
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