Palestinian Teens Suspected as 12 IDF Soldiers Injured in Brush Fire

Police suspect Palestinian youths set the fire alight by throwing firecrackers at a IDF base.

Jun 18, 2012

Twelve Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Home Front Command were lightly injured and one suffered moderate injuries from smoke inhalation during a brush fire that broke out on Sunday near the Ofrit Base on Jerusalem's Mount Scopus.

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