This morning at the Qalandia crossing, Border Police officers approached a vehicle entering from Judea and Samaria to check the occupants. The occupants attacked the officers and attempted to seize their weapons. Officers fired in response, wounding two occupants lightly, according to medical sources. The incident is under investigation.
At 08:33 Jerusalem, The Zioneer updates that the occupants of the vehicle at the Qalandia crossing attempted to seize the weapons of Border Police officers during the altercation. The current account identifies the assailants as vehicle occupants entering from Judea and Samaria, revising earlier reports that described them as civilian security guards. Two occupants were lightly wounded and evacuated for treatment.
The Zioneer first reported the incident at 06:20 Jerusalem, describing an attack by Arab security guards who blocked and assaulted officers. Within minutes of that initial report, subsequent updates added the detail that the suspects attempted to grab weapons. A bulletin at 07:43 Jerusalem maintained the identification of the assailants as civilian security guards. The current update, at 08:33, shifts the description to vehicle occupants, while reaffirming the attempted weapon seizure.
The incident at Qalandia is the latest in a series of checkpoint confrontations. The Zioneer has reported on an attempted car-ramming at the Hashmonaim checkpoint (Monday, 21:51 Jerusalem) and a car-theft suspect who breached the Hizma checkpoint on June 30, during which a Border Police officer was lightly wounded.
The circumstances remain under investigation. The Border Police have not yet issued an official statement, and the precise identity of the assailants — whether they were security guards or not — has not been confirmed.
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