Israel Israel: One civilian, six soldiers injured in bus attack
Jerusalem/UNI: One soldier was seriously wounded, five other soldiers and one civilian were lightly wounded in an attack on a bus with passengers near the Jordan Valley in Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Israeli media reported that four people were wounded after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a bus carrying passengers near the Jordan Valley.
“A shooting attack took place in the Jordan Valley area earlier today during which armed terrorists fired at a bus, injuring 6 IDF soldiers & a civilian,” IDF tweeted, adding that one soldier sustained serious wounds.
According to the IDF, two suspects were detained and the search for other perpetrators continues.
Israel had started regular counterterrorist operations in the occupied West Bank in mid-April in retaliation for Palestinian terrorist attacks, which claimed lives of over 20 Israelis in several weeks.
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