Palestinian Authority Arabs attacked Jewish travelers in several locations around Judea and Samaria on Thursday. The attackers hurled rocks at vehicles as they drove down Highway 60 in the area of Gush Etzion in Judea, near the Arab village of Beit Omar.
Arabs also attacked vehicles traveling on the road between Nachliel and Neve Tzuf in the Binyamin region, and in Samaria.
No one was hurt, but cars were damaged in the attacks. IDF forces began searching the areas in an attempt to capture the perpetrators.
Earlier in the afternoon, PA Arabs also hurled rocks at Israeli travelers near the Jewish community of Tekoa, located next to the Herodion, just a few minutes away from Jerusalem.
No one was injured, but the vehicle was damaged in that attack as well, as IDF soldiers began combing the area for the stone throwers.
The rocks used by Arabs in the attacks are the common limestone rock, often including quartz, found in the hilly areas in Israel, and sometimes known as "Jerusalem stone". They can range from the size of a lemon to a grapefruit, generally have sharp, jagged edges and can be lethal.
Extremely effective as homemade missiles in that they can cause a driver to lose control of the vehicle and send the car into a deadly crash, rock attacks against Jews are the method of warfare most frequently chosen by would-be terrorists on the roads of Judea and Samaria at present.
Such weapons, primitive though they may be, can also be deadly when they directly hit their targets, and a number of Jewish children and adults have been killed or severely wounded that way over the years.