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| IDF fires on car speeding toward Jewish worshipers at West Bank shrine |
| 2018-08-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Paleostinian media says five maimed in shooting and riots break out with youths throwing rocks and fire bombs at soldiers near Joseph's Tomb outside Nablus IDF troops opened fire on a group of Paleostinians in a vehicle that was speeding toward Jewish worshipers near the West Bank city of Nablus late Monday, the IDF said. Paleostinian media reports said five people were maimed, two seriously. "Tonight, Jewish worshipers entered Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus. Shortly before their entrance, IDF soldiers came to secure the area," the army said in a statement. "The troops identified a Paleostinian vehicle that was heading toward them and fired at them," it said, adding that "no soldiers were harmed during the incident." Earlier Paleostinian media had reported that the troops had fired on a group of armed Paleostinians, with two hospitalized in a serious condition.Pictures posted on social media showed a bloodstained car and the maimed being rushed to a local hospital. The IDF did not say if the Paleostinians were armed. The reports said further festivities and riots erupted after the shootout in the vicinity of Joseph’s Tomb with Paleostinian youths throwing rocks and fire bombs and the army was bringing reinforcements into the area. Joseph’s Tomb is located inside Area A of the West Bank, which is officially under complete Paleostinian Authority control, though the Israeli military conducts activities there. The IDF bars Israeli citizens from entering Area A without prior authorization. The site is venerated by Jews, Christians and Moslems, and has often been a flashpoint for sectarian violence. Jewish pilgrims are usually only allowed to visit the tomb once a month under heavy-armed guard. During these visits, Paleostinians routinely throw rocks at the troops, and sometimes attack them with Molotov cocktails and gunfire. IDF confiscates terror incitement materials in Hebron, Nablus [Ynet] IDF soldiers confiscated overnight Sunday incitement materials such as posters and leaflets in Hebron. The IDF's Spokesperson's Unit said that equipment used by Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, to prepare the incitement materials was also confiscated in Nablus. In addition, several Hamas activists who had attempted to rehabilitate Hamas infrastructures in Nablus have been detained in recent weeks, including the printing house's owner where the materials were printed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 As I recall, in the years following 9/11 fertilizers were reformulated to make it much harder to use for explosives, and beauty supply shops, hardware stores, and garden shops were trained to report suspicious purchases. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-28 14:46 |
| #3 And there would have been significant car bomb in Times Square, but Fazl the fizzle-bomber majored in business instead of chemistry. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-28 14:38 |
| #2 There have been gun attacks, too... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-28 14:35 |
| #1 Had a chilling thought after reading the title. How long before we see a muslim terrorist car attack at the Mall of America? Minnesota has already had 2 Islamic knife attacks there and at a Saint Cloud mall. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-08-28 07:25 |