An IDF soldier was very seriously injured this morning (Thursday) when an enemy sniper shot him in the head. The injured soldier, still conscious, was flown by helicopter to the Soroka Hospital in Beersheva. The shooting took place during the ongoing IDF operation aimed at locating and eliminating weapons-smuggling tunnels operated by Palestinian Authority terrorists in the vicinity of Rafiach, along the Egypt-Israel border. Earlier in the day, Arab gunmen engaged the soldiers in an exchange of fire in the same area.
Also in Gaza, Arab terrorists opened fire at a vehicular convoy traveling on the Karnei-Netzarim Road. There are no reports of injuries.
On another front in the counter-terrorism war, soldiers operating in the Balata area of Shechem were uninjured in rock attacks. They fired at two of the attackers, injuring them. Earlier, IDF troops in Balata were involved in exchanges of gunfire with enemy gunmen and a fire-bomber was shot by troops after he hurled an incendiary device.
During the night, IDF troops arrested a Fatah terrorist in Tul Karem, and a second wanted terrorist, affiliated with the Islamic Jihad, was taken into custody near Shechem.
Border police were attacked with firebombs and rocks in the El-Azzariya area, near Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem. There were no reports of injuries in those attacks.
Also in Gaza, Arab terrorists opened fire at a vehicular convoy traveling on the Karnei-Netzarim Road. There are no reports of injuries.
On another front in the counter-terrorism war, soldiers operating in the Balata area of Shechem were uninjured in rock attacks. They fired at two of the attackers, injuring them. Earlier, IDF troops in Balata were involved in exchanges of gunfire with enemy gunmen and a fire-bomber was shot by troops after he hurled an incendiary device.
During the night, IDF troops arrested a Fatah terrorist in Tul Karem, and a second wanted terrorist, affiliated with the Islamic Jihad, was taken into custody near Shechem.
Border police were attacked with firebombs and rocks in the El-Azzariya area, near Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem. There were no reports of injuries in those attacks.