The IDF arrested two Palestinians with knives who had been spotted on a security
camera close to the Eilon Moreh settlement in the West Bank on
Monday.
The Eilon Moreh security guard alerted the IDF, which dispatched
a unit from the Golani Brigade to intercept the suspects.
The
Palestinians fled the area and entered the village of Azamut, east of Nablus.
Soldiers pursued them and apprehended them near a school.
A search of the
suspects revealed that they were armed with two knives. One suspect had a knife
that was 9.5-centimeters long, and the second was armed with an 8-centimeter-
long knife.
Soldiers took the suspects into custody for
questioning.
Separately, a group of around 15 Palestinians approached an
IDF position near Bir Zeit, north of Ramallah, an IDF representative
said.
The suspects began hurling rocks at soldiers. IDF soldiers
responded with crowd-dispersal means, but they did not use live fire, the
representative added.
Palestinian sources said a 19-year-old man was
seriously injured in the head by a teargas canister. The sources added that he
was taken to the Ramallah hospital in critical condition.
“We saw a
report of an injured Palestinian, but we’ve been unable to confirm it at this
stage,” the IDF representative said.
Jonathan Pollak, a spokesman for the
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, said that the young man survived
surgery and is now in the intensive care unit.
Tovah Lazaroff contributed
to this report.