Club-wielding Palestinians ambushed a Jewish settler near Kiryat Arba, Army Radio reported on Thursday evening.
According to the report, the woman alerted authorities, which led to the Kiryat Arba police chief to rush to the scene. Upon his arrival, he was pelted with stones, leaving him slightly injured in the head, Army Radio said.
Despite this, he managed to fire shots in the air, after which the assailants fled, the report stated.
Woman abducted to Hebron by relatives, rescued in good health
In a separate incident, a woman in her 20’s living in central Israel who had been forcibly taken to Hebron was located and rescued by authorities on Thursday evening, KAN reported citing a police statement.
Israeli police, IDF troops and Palestinian Authority police were involved in the rescue operation.
The woman had reportedly been taken to the West Bank city by her relatives, who were detained and will be transferred to the Tel Aviv district for further investigation, police said.
During the operation, KAN reported, forces were deployed outside of the city, stopping a suspicious vehicle and alerting police to the scene, whereafter the woman was found.
The woman was in good health at the time of her rescue, police said.
