An Israeli driver was lightly wounded in a stone-throwing attack on Route 375—a road that runs extremely close to the pre-1967 line—near Bethlehem in Judea on Thursday evening.
“Terrorists threw stones at several Israeli vehicles traveling on a major civilian road in the area of the Husan village in the Etzion Brigade [area of responsibility],” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. “As a result, an Israeli was slightly injured and taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
“Upon receiving the report, security forces began searching the area for the terrorists,” the statement concluded.
The Magen David Adom medical emergency response group said it “treated a 40-year-old man in minor condition with wounds from broken glass to his upper body,” adding that he was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for further treatment.
Palestinian terrorists targeted Israeli Jews in Judea and Samaria at least 6,343 times in 2024, according to figures published by the Rescuers Without Borders (Hatzalah Judea and Samaria) NGO last month.
The figures, which were cross-checked against official data from Israel’s security services, included 3,668 instances of rock-throwing, 843 attacks with Molotov cocktails, 671 attempts to blind drivers with laser pointers, 526 explosive charges, 364 cases of arson and 179 terrorist shootings.
The rescue group also recorded 37 attempted or successful stabbings, 36 bottles of paint being thrown at vehicles and 19 Arab car-ramming attacks, including 12 that caused injuries to Israelis.
