Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in West Bank Attack, IDF Responds
Translated & summarized from Jüdische Allgemeine by baba
Two Israeli soldiers, Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, died from injuries sustained in a terrorist attack near Hebron. Three other soldiers were wounded, and the two Palestinian attackers were killed in a firefight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.
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- Two Israeli soldiers died after being wounded in a terrorist attack near Hebron.
- Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem were identified as the fallen soldiers.
- Three other soldiers were lightly to moderately injured in the attack.
- The two Palestinian attackers were killed in a 20-minute firefight with Israeli soldiers.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a major military operation in the West Bank.
- Israel plans to seal off the West Bank and destroy terrorist infrastructure.
Two Israeli soldiers wounded in a terrorist attack near Hebron on Friday morning have died from their injuries, the Israeli military announced in the afternoon. The fatalities were identified as 23-year-old Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman from Ashkelon and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, from Hod Hasharon. Three other soldiers from the same battalion sustained light to moderate injuries during the assault. The two Palestinian assailants, both 27 years old, were killed in a 20-minute firefight with soldiers following the attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to dismantle "all terrorist infrastructure" and announced what he described as the largest military operation in the West Bank since 1967. "The entire terrorist infrastructure will be tracked down and destroyed," Netanyahu stated at the scene of the attack. Israel plans to implement drastic measures, including sealing off the West Bank, in response to the incident. The military operation aims to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Palestinian territories.
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