Kiryat Arba residents to protect their road
Convoys of vehicles to seek out stone throwers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Rescue personnel at the scene where Asher Hillel Palmer and his son were killed after rocks were thrown at their vehicle on Route 60 near Kiryat Arba last September. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
Kiryat Arba residents, alarmed at recent incidents of stone-throwing at vehicles traveling to and from the settlement, will begin hunting for perpetrators of their own accord, Israel Radio reported on Monday.
The residents said they would organize several convoys a day to drive on the road between Kiryat Arba and Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, whose aim would be to apprehend and deliver to the IDF stone-throwing Palestinians who, they said, have increased their attacks on cars and buses.
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Israel Radio said that, according to an IDF source, the army was working to prevent stoning incidents and that there was nothing to indicate a recent increase in attacks.
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