Israeli troops are currently searching the town where the attack happened to identify the culprits. It came a day before the scheduled visit of US Secretary of State…
A 21-year-old Israeli sergeant was killed on Tuesday after a large rock was thrown at his head during a predawn raid in a Palestinian town, the Israeli Defence Forces confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
IDF spokesman Hidai Zilberman said that Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal was taking part in an operation in Ya’bad, in northern West Bank, to arrest four Palestinians suspected of terrorism and stone-throwing.
When the Israeli soldiers were escorting the four suspects, someone hurled the rock off a rooftop at Ben Yigal at around 4:30 a.m. local time. Despite the soldier wearing a helmet, he was heavily wounded and was later pronounced dead in a hospital.
This is 21-year-old IDF Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal of Ramat Gan, Israel. He was killed early this morning when hit in the head by a rock thrown at him during an arrest operation in the West Bank.
