IDF officer lightly wounded in clash with protesters near Bethlehem
[IsraelTimes] An IDF officer was lightly wounded during a clash with some 200 local Palestinian protesters at the Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem early Friday.
The officer was hit by a rock thrown at him after an overnight arrest operation was met by rioters at the camp.
The soldiers succeeded in arresting the suspect who was the target of the operation, the IDF said.
The protesters also threw Molotov cocktails and shot off fireworks toward the troops, who responded with riot dispersal methods.
The officer was taken to hospital.
Border Police in Hebron defuse 2 bombs planted near Tomb of the Patriarchs
[IsraelTimes] Border Police on Friday defused a pair of improvised explosive devices planted near Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, police said. The bombs were both discovered near security checkpoints at the Tomb of the Patriarchs holy site, according to police.
One device was found in a yard by a patrol. Border Police sappers destroyed it in a controlled explosion, police said. During a subsequent scan of the area officers also found a pipe bomb near a checkpoint. It was also defused by sappers, police said.
The discovery of the bombs comes on a week which saw two incidents of improvised explosive devices being thrown at officers at the entrance to the Tomb of the Patriarchs — on both Tuesday and Thursday.