Two vehicular attacks took place within minutes Monday morning at a hitchhiking stop near the settlement of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. Four IDF soldiers were lightly wounded and all three terrorists were shot dead.
The first vehicular attack was carried out by two armed terrorists who tried to run over Israelis who were waiting a hitchhiking stop near Elias Junction near Kiryat Arba. The terrorists also tried to shoot the people there. IDF soldiers guarding the stop shot and killed both terrorists. One soldier was lightly wounded from shrapnel.
2 vehicular attacks near Kiryat Arba
The wounded soldier was treated by Magen David Adom Medics at the scene and was sent to Shaare Tsedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Shooting of terrorist seen from nearby bus
(צילום: הצלה יו"ש, חברים לשעת צרה)
The terrorists, armed with a pistol and a Carl Gustaf submachine gun, were Amir Al-Juneidi, 22, and Qasem Farid Jaber, 31, from Hebron.
While soldiers were active at the scene of the attack another Palestinian car ran over an IDF officer and lightly wounded him.
The terrorist, Yusef Tarayra, 18, was shot to death. Two soldiers were lightly wounded by shrapnel.