Israeli Seriously Wounded In Terror Attack East Of Ramallah

An Israeli civilian sustained serious injuries on Monday night in a shooting attack near the community of Kochav Hashahar, to the east of Ramallah. His wife, who was with him in the car, was unhurt.

An initial inquiry found that the shots were fired from a passing car at the car in which the couple, from the settlement of Shvut Rachel, were driving.

They were driving on the Alon road from the direction of Shilo, when the shots were fired at them. As a result, Moshe Avitan, 33, sustained serious injuries.

“He was hit by a bullet in his left cheek at a relatively high point,” said the MDA paramedic Tzuriel Hezi, “This is a serious head injury.”

The wife testified that after the driver was hit in the head she realized that it was serious, she replaced him in the driver’s seat and they drove to the entrance of Kochav Hashahar, where the husband was given initial medical treatment in an ambulance and then taken by helicopter to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops arrived in the area and began searching for the suspicious car. 


“While the war was under way in the south, there was a rise in the number of incidents of stone throwing and firebombs,” said Avi Roeh, chairman of the Binyamin Regional Council. “We hope that the war in the south isn’t moving north. We remember the crazy days of shooting on the roads. Now one man has been seriously injured and we all hope that he recovers. I am sure the IDF will do what it knows and has to do.”

David Bedein can be reached at dbedein@israelbehindthenews.com