Rock Attack
Rock AttackFlash 90

An IDF soldier was injured Friday morning in a rock throwing attack on Route 90 near Moshav Tomer in the Jordan Valley.

Police said the soldier was standing at a trampiada (hitchhiking stop) at the Tomer Junction when an Arab terrorist pelted him with stones and tried to grab his weapon. Police on the scene opened fire on the terrorist, wounding him in the leg. The soldier sustained moderate wounds as well.

The officer, Zecharia Shepso, described the incident to YNET, "I was on routine patrol along with another officer. As we approached Tomer I noticed a woman waving her hands crying for help. I stopped the vehicle and saw two people fighting. At first I didn’t understand it was a terror attack. I stepped out of the squad car and ran towards them. That's when I saw the soldier, who was in uniform, and the terrorist leaning over him with a rock in his hand, repeatedly beating the soldier's head with it."

"There was a lot of blood," Shepso said. "Only then did I understand it was a terror attack. I kicked the terrorist. He got up and began attacking me with the rock. I fired a shot in the air, and when that didn’t help, I shot him in the leg. He continued advancing towards me so I fired a few more shots at his leg – that's when the incident ended. I did what was expected of me as a police officer."

Magen David Adom medics arrived shortly after the incident and administered first aid. Both the soldier and terrorist were evacuated by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem.

"The officer raced to the scene, saw what was in progress, and fired at the terrorist, wounding him," a police spokesman said. "He responded to the scene acted with determination and brought about the rapid conclusion of the incident. These actions prevented the soldier from being kidnapped or more greviously injured, or his weapon from falling into the wrong hands."

Hospital officials have since described the soldier's condition as "light."

Shortly after the attack, two PA Arabs were nabbed with four pipe bombs at a checkpoint near Shechem.

Earlier this week a Jewish resident of Hevron opened fire at stone-throwers who attacked him in his car near his house. Local Arabs claimed the driver slowed down his car and fired into mourners at a funeral. According to reports one of Arabs involved in the incident was seriously injured.

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