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Alert Soldiers Foil Suicide Attack at Jordan Valley Checkpoint
(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - Alert soldiers of the Nahal Haredi unit thwarted a suicide bomb attack after spotting a terrorist wearing a coat approaching their checkpoint at the Bekaot junction in the Jordan Valley on Saturday afternoon. The soldiers became suspicious of his dress and behavior and called out to him to halt. When he ignored them, a warning shot was fired in the air. The terrorist then blew himself up about 30 meters from the soldiers, wounding the checkpoint commander lightly and three Palestinian civilian bystanders. "The alertness and swift response of the soldiers prevented an attack that could have had grave results," said Jordan Valley district commander Col. Roni Belkin.