The commander of the IDF Menashe Brigade, Col. Ayub Kayouf, was moderately injured when an explosive device hit an IDF vehicle during a counterterrorism operation in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, the IDF reported on Wednesday morning.
The Commanding Officer of the Judea and Samaria Division, Brig.-Gen. Yaki Dolf, was also in the vehicle, a David APC. According to the IDF, Kayouf was moderately wounded and was evacuated for medical treatment, and his family has been notified.
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
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