Abu Ali Express reports that dozens of Palestinians attacked a shepherd with stones near the old railway station in Sebastia; the shepherd was moderately wounded and three Israeli residents were lightly injured. The report says IDF soldiers who arrived at the scene were also attacked and fired to drive the assailants back, enabling the shepherd’s evacuation. Its account identifies the incident as the one in which a Palestinian Authority officer was killed near Baraqah.
The shepherd was grazing a flock near the old railway station in Sebastia when dozens of attackers from Baraqah, Ramin and Bazariya assaulted him with stones, according to Abu Ali Express, citing sources in the Israeli communities. The report says residents who came to help and IDF soldiers who arrived were also attacked. Soldiers fired to push the assailants back, and the shepherd was evacuated by ranger vehicle to meet a Magen David Adom team. He was taken to Beilinson Hospital with a moderate head injury; three other residents were lightly wounded. The report identifies this as the incident in which a Palestinian Authority officer was killed near Baraqah.
In an earlier report published at 12:56 Wednesday, The Zioneer reported that a Palestinian police officer had been killed by IDF gunfire near Shavei Shomron. That report said early accounts suggested he had been involved in a physical attack on Jewish residents.
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