A suspected Palestinian terrorist tried overnight to enter the settlement of Telem in the southern West Bank, before managing to flee, the military says.
According to the IDF, local security officers reached one of the entrances to the settlement after the Palestinian was spotted there, and fired shots in the air. The suspect then fled the scene.
The Kan public broadcaster reports that the man breached the fence and was inside the settlement’s perimeter for 14 minutes.
The IDF says the officers found “various items” apparently belonging to the suspect at the scene. The Hatzalah ambulance service says one of these items was a knife.
“IDF troops continue searches and pursuing the terrorist,” the military says.
There are no injuries in the incident.
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