Palestinian Authority Arabs attacked Jewish hikers in the Binyamin region on Wednesday, as they were exploring near the Wadi Zarqa valley.
The group of hikers, who were walking near an area where there are springs, suddenly found themselves being hit by a hail of rocks being hurled by local PA Arab residents.
The Arabs then attempted to beat them, the hikers told security personnel to whom they reported the incident, but they managed to fend them off.
Security coordinators from the Binyamin Regional Council were dispatched to the area to investigate and search for the perpetrators.
No injuries or property damage were reported in the incident.
Hikers targeted
In a previous attack on in May, Israeli hikers came under fire near Ein Prat (Wadi Kelt) in Judea. The attacker – a member of a terror cell from Shechem and Hevron with links to a terror network abroad – was apprehended soon after.
Aed Fahri Marka, a 46-year-old member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), fired at a vehicle carrying the hikers. The bullets damaged the vehicle but did not cause injury. The weapon that was used to carry out the attack has been handed over to the authorities.
Marka admitted to carrying out the attack, telling Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) investigators that he had been in contact with PFLP members abroad, and met some of them in Jordan.
He added that to his understanding, the terrorists abroad are working under the direction of Hizbullah, the Iranian proxy militia in Lebanon.
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