Rocket, mortar, rock attacks mar quiet evening
Recent calm along the border is broken by fire from Gaza; rock thrown at Jerusalem’s light rail
Ilan Ben Zion is an AFP reporter and a former news editor at The Times of Israel.
Two rockets were fired at southern Israel on Wednesday, causing no injuries as they landed in open areas near Eshkol and Sha’ar Hanegev.
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Later, IDF troops conducting a routine patrol along the Gaza border near Kissufim reported a mortar fired at them from the Strip. No casualties were reported.
Also, a rock was thrown at Jerusalem’s light rail Wednesday evening near the Damascus Gate, cracking a window but not injuring any passengers.
A passenger who spoke to The Times of Israel reported a loud noise that “sounded like a gunshot” as the train was making its way towards the City Hall station. The shatterproof glass was cracked.
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Police evacuated the vehicle and the passengers were transferred to an alternative train. No arrests have been made.
Last Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed a soldier on the light rail in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The soldier was hospitalized for moderate stabs wounds and her assailant was arrested shortly thereafter at the Qalandiya checkpoint.
The stabbing was the first attack of its kind on the light rail since it opened in August.
The Times of Israel Community.