IDF patrol wounds Arab Palestinian attempting to infiltrate Negev town

 

Male Palestinian shot in leg by IDF then evacuated to hospital in stable condition after ignoring warning shots when caught sabotaging border fence with Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

IDF forces opened fire on and wounded a Palestinian who was attempting to infiltrate into the village of Meitar in the Negev. The man was found sabotaging the fence in an apparent attempt to enter the community, the IDF said.

IDF combat soldiers must be prepared to evacuate wounded in battle. To prepare, they walk long distances with a stretcher. – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

The forces fired warning shots at the suspect who was ultimately shot in the leg.

The IDF said the man in stable condition and was evacuated to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.

Last week a Palestinian terrorist was shot dead after trying to enter an IDF base in the West Bank by breaching the base’s fence with a tractor.

Younis Obaidi from Beit Hanina drove the tractor towards a base near Al-Ram, southeast of Ramallah, ramming the mechanical digger through a gate of the base.

Earlier in the month the IDF arrested two Palestinians in connection with an infiltration to the West Bank settlement of Psagot, and an attack that left a nine-year-old girl lightly wounded.

 

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