Civil Administration forces rescue 2 Israelis from outskirts of West Bank’s Tulkarem

Two Israelis who were found wandering on the outskirts of Tulkarem were rescued from the West Bank city’s environs, after security forces received reports that their lives were in danger.

According to the Civil Administration, a branch of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which manages civilian affairs in the West Bank, officers from the Ephraim District Coordination and Liaison office provided immediate protection to the two and transferred them to IDF troops.

A preliminary probe found that the pair had entered a local garage while under the influence of alcohol, the Civil Administration says. The incident was handed over to the Israel Police for further investigation.

A week ago, an Israeli woman was extracted by Palestinian Authority security forces from Jericho after she contacted police and said she had been kidnapped. Multiple other Israelis have likewise been extracted from Palestinian Authority-run areas of the West Bank recently.

Security officials again warn that entry into Area A of the West Bank, which is under PA civil and security control, is illegal for Israeli civilians under Israeli law, and poses a serious danger to their lives.