Too often, rock-throwing attacks are not even deemed “newsworthy” or they find a place among the back pages of a newspaper at best. Baruch Hashem in most cases, such attacks, which are potentially fatal, do not result in injuries but more commonly resulting in damage to a vehicle.

On Wednesday however, this was not the case for a family traveling in Shomron, between Tapuach Junction and Migdalim. The victim was a 20-month-old girl, who was struck in her face, sustaining substantial soft tissue trauma and possibly more serious damage.

Over the years since the so-called First Intifada, these attacks have become a de facto part of life, as if they are the result of a Heavenly decree and therefore, they cannot be prevented. The solution was to ignore the attacks and place Lexan® rock proof windows on cars belonging to residents of Yehuda and Shomron, a solution that while partially successful, only leading to more serious attacks, involving gunfire and other potentially fatal weapons.

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(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)