Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers failed an attempted attack on an Israeli military post in eastern Jerusalem.
According IDF sources, soldiers stationed at an outpost at the “Governor’s House” compound in Abu Dis spotted the three suspects preparing to throw lit firebombs at the post and opened fire, thwarting the attack. No Israeli soldiers were wounded in the incident, according to the IDF.
This was the latest in a series of violent raids perpetrated by Arabs extremists against Israeli soldiers in recent weeks.
Last week Tuesday, IDF Staff Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal, 21, a member of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion, was killed by a rock to the head during a raid in an Arab village in Judea and Samaria.
On Thursday same week, IDF soldier Shadi Ibrahim, 20, was wounded in a vehicle borne explosive device t near Negohot, southwest of Hebron. The injuries sustained prompted his leg to be amputated.
