In two separate incidents, terrorists attempted shooting attacks on Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday, according to Army Radio.
A terrorist fired at a Border Police vehicle in the area of El-Khader, near Bethlehem, Friday evening.
There were no injuries; however, there was damage to the vehicle. An IDF soldier returned fire, and the terrorist fled. Security forces have closed off the area of the attempted attack.
Earlier, an assailant attempted a drive-by shooting attack targeting IDF troops in the area of Hebron.
The assailant fled the scene.
Terror attack in Ariel
On Friday morning, nine people were wounded near Ariel when an armed terrorist opened fire on a bus, the IDF reported. Of the nine wounded, four were IDF soldiers who were lightly wounded, and the bus driver was critically wounded.
In this incident, IDF troops thwarted the terrorist at the scene. Later in the evening, the IDF raided the home of the terrorist responsible for the attack, Samer Mohammed Hussein, in Nablus. The terrorist was previously arrested for being involved in terror activity with Hamas.
This is a developing story.