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The IDF West Bank Emergency Response Team


[Jerusalem Post] Abe Selig - The IDF's Military Emergency Response Team acts as first responder for Palestinian residents and military personnel near its base in the northern West Bank. The team enters Palestinian villages to treat people who have been injured in car accidents or even those wounded from physical violence that erupts between feuding families. Sometimes they even treat terrorists. "We've been shot at, hit with Molotov cocktails - one time someone even threw a wheelbarrow onto our roof," said Lt.-Col. A. at a base outside Nablus on Thursday. "The kids throw a lot of rocks. But the same people who throw rocks and shoot at us could very well end up being our patients tomorrow."
2009-05-22 06:00:00
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