Four Israelis were wounded on Thursday afternoon when Arab terrorists targeted their vehicle with an explosive near the Jewish community of Hermesh in northwestern Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “two IDF soldiers on leave were moderately and lightly wounded as a result of an IED charge near Hermesh in the Menashe Division; two civilians were lightly injured.”
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Source: Jewish Press
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