Palestinians open fire on settlement south of Jerusalem – IDF

Israeli soldiers on arrest raid in central West Bank

Timea of Israel staff and Judah Ari Gross write, “Gunshots were fired from a car with Palestinian license plates near the West Bank settlement of Kibbutz Migdal Oz on Sunday night in what the Israel Defense Forces called an attempted terror attack. The army said there were no injuries, and the shooting caused no damage. The IDF launched a search for the perpetrator, who sped away after the shooting. As part of the manhunt, the army set up roadblocks at the entrance to the nearby Palestinian village of Beit Fajjar, some eight kilometers (five miles) south of Bethlehem.”…

“The kibbutz abuts Efrat in the Etzion Bloc, south of Bethlehem. Earlier this month, Israeli security forces closed down a weapons manufacturing workshop in Beit Fajjar.” (more…)