IDF soldiers come under fire near Ramallah
No casualties reported; troops searching area after several bullet shells found at scene in central West Bank
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Shots were fired at an IDF post near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the army said Saturday night.
There were no casualties in the incident, but troops were scanning the area adjacent to the Palestinian village of el-Bireh and had found several bullet shells, the army said.
It was the second such incident in the West Bank in less than 48 hours.
On Thursday evening, shots were fired in the direction of IDF soldiers who were operating near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
There were no casualties in the incident either, but troops scanned the area in search of suspects. An arrest has yet to be made.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said in February that Israel’s security forces thwarted between 20 and 30 terror attacks in the West Bank each week over the previous few months.
