Condition of soldier wounded in Beit El attack improves from serious to moderate
Another serviceman, wounded in a terrorist shooting at a bus stop near a West Bank outpost, remains in a coma
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An IDF soldier who was severely wounded Friday when a Palestinian man stabbed him and bashed his head with a rock at a military post in the central West Bank was defined as stable and in moderate condition Saturday after receiving medical treatment.
The 21-year-old Naveh Rotem, who was hospitalized in Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem after the attack outside the Beit El settlement, is fully conscious and has spoken with his family, the Ynet news site reported.
A second soldier, Nathaniel Felber, wounded Thursday in a shooting attack at a bus stop near the West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf, was still in a coma, and was in critical condition.
His family thanked the public for its support.
משפחתו של נתנאל פלבר, הלוחם הפצוע קשה מהפיגוע בגבעת אסף מבקשת מהציבור להתפלל לרפואתו. נתנאל עדיין מורדם ומונשם במצב קריטי. ״אנו רוצים בהזדמנות זאת להודות לכולם על הדאגה, האהבה והתמיכה בימים קשים אלה. נתנאל תמיד חזר הביתה עם חיוך שהאיר את הבית״. pic.twitter.com/vSjmzShZ8Q
— צחי דבוש (@TsahiDaboush) December 15, 2018
Two soldiers, Staff Sgt. Yovel Mor Yosef, 20, and Sgt. Yosef Cohen, 19, were killed in the same attack in the central West Bank. A civilian woman was also seriously wounded.
The West Bank has seen an increase in the number of attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers in recent weeks, after months of relative calm in the area, raising concerns of a potential renewed outbreak of regular, serious violence in the region.
The military blamed the increase in attacks both on terror groups’ persistent efforts, the “copycat” phenomenon and a number of significant dates this week, notably the anniversary of the Hamas terror group’s founding.
On Wednesday night, the Israeli military arrested a number of suspects who were believed to have carried out a shooting attack on Sunday night, and shot dead a third, who security officials said tried to attack Israeli troops during an escape attempt.
In the attack, which took place outside the Ofra settlement, seven Israelis were injured. Among the wounded was a pregnant woman whose baby died after being delivered prematurely.
During raids over the weekend, soldiers arrested 40 Palestinians throughout the West Bank who were suspected of involvement in terror and rioting, 37 of whom the Israel Defense Forces said were known Hamas operatives.
A Palestinian who shot dead two Israelis in a West Bank terror attack in October at the Barkan industrial zone was also killed early Thursday during a shootout with IDF troops.
The Times of Israel Community.