IDF arrests 2 Palestinians, critically injures third
Army arrests 2 Palestinians with knives near Elon Moreh, critically injures one near Ramallah.
By YAAKOV LAPPINIDF soldiers patrol during a raid 390 (R)(photo credit: Abed Omar Qusini / Reuters)
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.
