12 IDF Wounded in Jerusalem Attack, 2 Others Wounded Elsewhere // FAI ONLINE

IDF soldiers of the Golani brigade attend their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem, Feb 6, 2019 (via Steve Carpenter on Facebook).

A car ramming attack near the First Train Station in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening wounded at least 12 members of the IDF’s Golani Brigade. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Thursday afternoon that the attacker has been safely apprehended. The Golani troops were in Jerusalem for their swearing in ceremony at the Kotel (Western Wall) on Thursday. The wounded soldiers still managed to attend the event.

The Jerusalem attack is the most severe so far in a string of terrorist attacks across Israel in the last 24 hours after the Hamas terrorist organization called for an escalation in “confrontation with the occupation and their settlers.”

An attempted stabbing attack against an Israeli police officer on the Temple Mount resulted in light wounds to the officer and the neutralization of the attacker.
Another attacker shot at IDF troops in the West Bank border town of Qalqilya, also wounding one soldier, before they returned fire.
Israeli residents in the West Bank settlements of Neria, Talmon, Dolev, Zeit Ra'anan and Harsha were ordered to stay indoors after a drive-by shooting attack. No confirmation of casualties at this time. .
Three balloons with improvised explosive devices (IED’s) attached exploded near Sderot, next to the Gaza Strip.
A stabbing attack is under investigation in Ashkelon, near the Gaza Strip.

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The attacks come as the IDF announced that additional troop reinforcements are headed into the West Bank amid ongoing riots and attacks in the disputed region, including ongoing confrontations in Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem and East Jerusalem. Palestinian militant groups have vowed conflict with the Israeli military and settler populations on multiple fronts after a Palestinian teenager was killed in Hebron yesterday while lobbing a Molotov Cocktail at an IDF soldier.

Tensions have steadily escalated in the Palestinian territories after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas rejected US President Trump’s latest peace initiative, the so-called Deal of the Century, refusing to even take calls from Trump or to read the document. Egypt and the Gulf States have expressed optimism regarding the plan and have encouraged both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to carefully consider it.

We ask our global partners to join us in intercession for all of the people of Israel today. We pray for the full recovery of wounded IDF soldiers and a divine shield of protection around all IDF personnel, as well as innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians, and for the demonic designs of violent men to be exposed and thwarted. Please lift up the FAI teams in Israel as well, as we seek opportunities to bless and minister to all the people of Israel.