IDF Spokesperson Announcement
December 12, 2014
Location : Tel Aviv
Final Findings of Today's Events
A vehicle carrying a family with four girls stopped to pick up an Israeli
hitchhiker at the Al-Hader Junction, north of Gush Etzion (Tunnel
Checkpoint). Upon identifying the vehicle, a Palestinian man adjacent to the
hitchhiker attacked both the passengers and the hitchhiker with acid,
wounding them lightly to moderately.
The wounded hitchhiker, along with an additional civilian who was at the
scene, began chasing after the terrorist. The terrorist, armed with a
screwdriver, then began perusing the civilians.
An additional civilian who was driving by identified the incident, and
attempted to halt the Palestinian with his vehicle. The Palestinian
attempted to flee and the driver fired at his lower extremities, identifying
two hits.
The terrorist, as well as the victims, received preliminary medical care at
the scene.
The terrorist has been identified as a 44 year old male from Nehalin. He is
known to have been previously involved in illegal and hostile riots and
activities.
In addition, a joint IDF, ISA, and Israeli police investigation concludes
that the incident at Huwwara this morning was a car accident.
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