Shooting Attack Near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron Wounds Soldier

3 January, 2016   |   8 years ago

Jerusalem, 3 January, 2016 (TPS) -- A shooting attack occurred next to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron shortly after 2:00 PM.

An IDF soldier was lightly to moderately wounded in her pelvis, and is fully conscious. She is being transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

The terrorist was reportedly a sniper, who shot from a roof in the Abu Sneina neighborhood in Hebron. The shooter has not been caught, and IDF troops are preparing to enter the neighborhood to search for them.