Violence Strikes Close To Home
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 3, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041462542&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Earlier, an IDF soldier was moderately wounded by a Palestinian sniper
attack near the border of Gaza and Israel.According to reports, the soldier - from the Engineering Corps - was engaged
in construction work along the security fence near the Kissufim crossing at
the time of the attack. He was evacuated by helicopter to Soroka Hospital
for treatment.Hamas claimed responsibility for the shooting, but gave details which
differed slightly from the IDF account."We fired mortar shells, and the enemy reported that one soldier was
wounded," Hamas said.Indeed, around the same time that the soldier was hurt, a mortar strike was
reported. However, the shell landed in an open area in the western Negev,
and did not cause any injuries or damage.Meanwhile, a Katyusha rocket was fired by Palestinian terrorists at the
western Negev. The Russian-made projectile, the first of its kind to be
fired from Gaza, landed in an open area and did not cause casualties or
damage.
The soldier was struck in the shoulder with the rifle round shattering the bones of the shoulder.
This happened yesterday, but today the soldier was laughing with fellow soldiers that came to visit him, one of which was my son. Who visited this wounded soldier because he is his cousin and they grew up as neighbors playing soccer together and even baseball after my son spent one summer in the USA and returned to Israel with the baseball bug.
I will not use his name for security reasons, but I will wish him a speed recovery, get better soon.
