Israeli troops stop two attempted terror attacks in West Bank
- 8 years ago
Israeli troops stopped two attempted attacks on Friday at the Jalamah checkpoint near Jenin and at the Halhul junction north of Hebron.
In both cases, no Israeli was hurt and no damage was caused.
On Friday morning, a Palestinian attacker opened fire at the Jalamah checkpoint.
Israeli security forces returned fire and hit the shooter, who was taken taken away by a Palestinian van.
According to Palestinian reports, he was moderately wounded with two bullets to the chest and three to the leg.
About an hour later, a Palestinian attacker tried to ram his car into a group of IDF artillery corps soldiers standing behind concrete barriers at the Halhul junction.
The troops shot and killed the attacker.
A knife was later found in the attacker's car.
In both cases, no Israeli was hurt and no damage was caused.
On Friday morning, a Palestinian attacker opened fire at the Jalamah checkpoint.
Israeli security forces returned fire and hit the shooter, who was taken taken away by a Palestinian van.
According to Palestinian reports, he was moderately wounded with two bullets to the chest and three to the leg.
About an hour later, a Palestinian attacker tried to ram his car into a group of IDF artillery corps soldiers standing behind concrete barriers at the Halhul junction.
The troops shot and killed the attacker.
A knife was later found in the attacker's car.