Israeli Injured in Rock-Throwing Attack in the Binyamin Region

As the number of firebomb and rock-throwing attacks throughout Yehuda and Shomron continue to climb, the media blackout has all but removed these attacks from the national spotlight. Unless there is a fatality or serious injury chas v’sholom, the media follows the coalition’s lead and ignores these attacks.

However, for the tens of thousands of motorists traveling the highways and byways of Yehuda and Shomron daily, these attacks are real and at time, they do result in injury. More frequently however, B’chasdei Hashem, the intended victims escape unharmed, left to deal with the damage to their vehicle from stones or firebombs.

On Sunday night Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av 5773 a female resident of Dolev in the Binyamin Region of Shomron was injured by rocks. She was treated and transported to a hospital.

Elsewhere, a firebomb was hurled at a vehicle in Gush Etzion. While the occupant emerged unharmed the vehicle was damaged. Hatzalah Yosh (Yehuda-Shomron) reports many rock-throwing attacks on Sunday throughout Yehuda and Shomron. A partial list follows.

23:15:

Rock attacks near Rantis (Kikar Binyamin). A Dolev resident was injured.

23:08:

A firebomb was hurled at a vehicle on the Gush Etzion-Hebron Highway near el-Aroub.

21:51:

Arabs hurled rocks at a vehicle near Kikar Binyamin. Damage reported.

20:59:

A firebomb was hurled at a Jewish motorists near Gush Shilo.

19:58:

Rocks were hurled at a vehicle on Route 60 in Shomron near Wadi Charamiyah, north of Ofra.

19:42:

Rock-throwing attacks near Maale Shomron.