Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded Wednesday by a roadside bomb that exploded alongside their convey in Mount Ebal, overlooking the West Bank city of Nablus, reported Israel’s Army Radio, cited by the Jerusalem Post.
Initial reports said that the bomb was remotely detonated by a cellular telephone.
The report claimed that Israeli soldiers did not open fire on suspicious-looking locations in the wake of the explosion.
Under Israel's policy of collective punishment, civilian populations frequently come under tank and helicopter gunship fire in "retaliation" for attacks by Palestinians resisting 34 years of Israeli military occupation – Albawaba.com
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