Israeli police rescued an active-duty IDF soldier who was found handcuffed in the Palestinian town of Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, early Thursday. Police extracted the soldier from the town center; the incident is believed to have a criminal background, according to i24NEWS and Israeli media.
Israeli police extracted an active-duty IDF soldier who was found handcuffed in the Palestinian town of Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to i24NEWS, the soldier, wearing his uniform, was located in the town center and found in handcuffs. Police from the Hebron station safely transferred him out of the town. The incident is believed to have a criminal background, not a security or abduction-related event.
The soldier is a resident of southern Israel. Further details, including how he arrived at the location and whether any arrests were made, remain under investigation. The Zioneer had previously reported on the initial police extraction of a soldier from the same town earlier Thursday morning; this update provides the new detail that the soldier was found handcuffed.
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