Arab terrorists threw rocks at a bus travelling on Uzi Narkis Street in northern Jerusalem on Wednesday. Stone throwing attacks have been on the rise recently in and the Jerusalem area and on roads in Judea and Samaria.

Following the attack on Wednesday, Jerusalem police apprehended two suspects who they believe were the culprits of the attack.

In a separate incident, stones were thrown at security forces in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat. Security forces utilized mob clearing ammunition in an effort to disperse the stone throwers. No injuries were reported. In yet a third attack, Palestinians threw rocks at passing cars on the road to Kever Rachel. Again, security forces chased down the suspected culprits and apprehended them.

In addition to the attacks in Jerusalem, firebombs were thrown at a car in Binyamin region near Wadi Harmia and at the gate of Hadassah Har HaTzofim hospital in Mount Scopus on Wednesday afternoon. Stones were also thrown by Palestinians at Jewish cars in the Gush Etzion region as well as near Hevron on Highway 60.

Miraculously no injuries were reported over the course of all of the attacks. There was damage reported to windows, windshields and the frames of the cars.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)