The Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center released an update on Saturday night regarding the teenage boy who was wounded during a confrontation with Israeli soldiers in the Binyamin area. The hospital stated that the youth is conscious and in stable condition, though he remains in the intensive care unit. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on Sunday. After conducting examinations, doctors determined that the boy was struck by a live round, contradicting earlier reports which claimed he had been hit by a rubber bullet.
In the wake of the incident, the IDF battalion commander who says he was assaulted during the confrontation has offered his account of what transpired. “I have been operating in this area for two decades – and the reality we face is that 90% of our efforts here are spent stopping Hilltop Youth from committing acts of arson,” he stated.
He went on to describe the escalation of tensions with the same group of individuals previously seen setting fires in the Arab village of Al Mughayir, allegedly carrying weapons. “We witnessed them choking a soldier. I was physically attacked, rocks were thrown at one of our vehicles, another vehicle was rammed, and tires were slashed,” he recounted during an interview with Galei Tzahal.
“They told us outright that we wouldn’t leave there alive. Just a day earlier, I was verbally assaulted – they called me a Nazi, cursed at me, and spat in my direction. The Binyamin region means more to me than anything – we show up again and again for reserve duty because we believe in what we’re doing, and now we find ourselves forced to confront these kinds of situations,” he added.
The civilians who were present during the altercation have rejected the commander’s account, insisting that it was actually he who issued a threat to kill them.
{Matzav.com Israel}
jews are constantly under attack by arabs in yehuda and shomron. the job of th IDF is to protect jews, not arab terrorists.
Jews living in Judea and Samaria are many times attacked by Zionists – as in this case. They are also arrested by the Shin-Daled to appease the Arabs. Sadly, many innocent “Settlers” are languishing in jail for this reason.
I’m truly baffled by your stance. Surely there are no greater “zionists” then the hilltop youth, in terms of their hashkafa vs. the anti-zionist ideas that you presumably hold. What greater “hisgarus b’umos” is there than clashing with Arabs in the neighboring village? And yet, you only use the apparent epithet “zionist” to describe the more moderate Israeli soldiers trying to stop them, but you think the so-called settlers are Shomrei Emunim?
Please help me understand your ideas, if they are in any way coherent.
The job of Matzav.com is to protect the IDF. At keast they mentioned the incident
let them set fires. what else are they gonna do for fun. its just like when bochurim vape, its bad but we let it slide as a community because what else are they going to do