Palestinian media names two Hebron residents who attempted car bomb attacks in Gush Etzion on Friday night
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
Quoting official sources, Palestinian media identify the perpetrators of the two Gush Etzion attacks on Friday night as Muhammad Ihsan Yaqin Marqa and Zuhdi Nidal Abu Afifa.
The two, both Hebron residents, were killed separately as they were attempting to carry out car bomb attacks. It is not clear which man conducted which attack.
In the first incident, a car exploded at a gas station near the Gush Etzion junction. Troops dispatched to the scene shot dead a terrorist who had arrived in the vehicle and attempted to attack them, the military says.
In the second incident, a Palestinian rammed a car into a guard at the entrance to the settlement of Karmei Tzur, lightly injuring him, according to medics. The terrorist’s car exploded inside the community. The IDF said troops dispatched to the scene shot the attacker dead.
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