An IDF jeep was targeted by terrorist gunfire near the Allenby Bridge on Tuesday night in the Jordan Valley area. There were no injuries. When soldiers stopped their jeep and returned fire, an Israeli Arab motorist crashed into them. The driver was lightly wounded and transported to a local hospital. In retaliation to the gunfire, the IDF fired five anti-tank missiles into a PA checkpoint near Jericho. The target was destroyed.
Arabs detonated a roadside bomb against a Border Police patrol at the Shomron\'s Chomesh Junction, east of Netanya on Tuesday night. There were no injuries. Another roadside bomb lightly injured two soldiers this afternoon on the road to Mount Eval, overlooking the desecrated Tomb of Joseph. The soldiers were traveling in an armor-plated jeep as part of a convoy making its way to the IDF outpost on the Mount.
In Judea, an IDF position in Hevron came under fire close to midnight. There were no injuries.
Along Israel\'s southern Mediterranean coast, four mortar shells were launched against the Jewish town of Netzer Hazani. Three of the rockets exploded inside the community, but there were no injuries. The fourth shell failed to explode.
IDF soldiers stationed in the Rafiach area near the Egyptian border were attacked by automatic gunfire and grenades on Tuesday night. There were no injuries, and soldiers returned fire. IDF operations along the Egyptian border include the digging of a long trench, intended to foil Arab weapons smuggling from Egypt into the areas under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction.
Arabs detonated a roadside bomb against a Border Police patrol at the Shomron\'s Chomesh Junction, east of Netanya on Tuesday night. There were no injuries. Another roadside bomb lightly injured two soldiers this afternoon on the road to Mount Eval, overlooking the desecrated Tomb of Joseph. The soldiers were traveling in an armor-plated jeep as part of a convoy making its way to the IDF outpost on the Mount.
In Judea, an IDF position in Hevron came under fire close to midnight. There were no injuries.
Along Israel\'s southern Mediterranean coast, four mortar shells were launched against the Jewish town of Netzer Hazani. Three of the rockets exploded inside the community, but there were no injuries. The fourth shell failed to explode.
IDF soldiers stationed in the Rafiach area near the Egyptian border were attacked by automatic gunfire and grenades on Tuesday night. There were no injuries, and soldiers returned fire. IDF operations along the Egyptian border include the digging of a long trench, intended to foil Arab weapons smuggling from Egypt into the areas under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction.