3 Wounded in Jerusalem Attack

YNet

Three terrorists committed a knife attack Wednesday afternoon at Jerusalem’s Damascus gate, wounding two female Border Guards and a young man.

One of the guards, a 20-year-old, was critically wounded. The other, 19, was seriously wounded. The three terrorists were shot dead by security forces. The male victim was lightly wounded.

The three terrorists arrived at the scene armed with Carl Gustav rifles, knives and explosive devices. The Border Guard unit noticed them and became suspicious. One terrorist presented a national ID card to a Border Guard as another pulled his weapon and opened fire.

The two guards were wounded by the gunfire. Their comrades opened fire on the terrorists in response. According to Palestinian sources, the terrorists came from the Jenin area.

This Sunday, three soldiers were wounded in a shooting attack at a checkpoint near Beit El in the West Bank. The terrorist, who arrived at the checkpoint by car from the direction of Ramallah, was shot dead by IDF troops at the checkpoint. One of the wounded soldiers, 21 years old, was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Karem in serious condition with a gunshot wound to his neck. His condition was later updated to moderate.

Another soldier, 31, was in serious condition and taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus with gunshot wounds to his stomach and extremities. The third soldier, 20, was also taken to Hadassah in light condition after being hit in his extremities.