Sergeant Major (Res.) Ofer Yung, aged 39 from Tel Aviv and Sergeant Major (Res.) Avraham Tzvi Tzvika Friedman, aged 43, from Ein HaNatziv were killed today, when an Arab Jihadist ambushed them at their base at a checkpoint near the Arab village of Tayasir in between the Jordan River Valley and Samaria.
According to an initial IDF probe of this morning’s shooting attack, the Jihadist Arab gunman managed to sneak up to a military post at a checkpoint near the West Bank village of Tayasir, where he opened fire on troops just before 6 a.m. The assailant was armed with an M-16 assault rifle and two magazines, and wearing a tactical vest.
The IDF’s probe has found that the gunman approached the army post on foot undetected, where he surprised two soldiers who were getting up to open the Tayasir checkpoint for Arab traffic. The soldiers, who were in full military gear, exchanged fire with the gunman at a close range at the entrance to the post, which includes a watchtower.
Amid exchanges of fire that lasted several minutes, the gunman managed to enter the post itself and reach the entrance to the watchtower. A backup team then arrived at the scene and opened fire on the gunman from outside the army post, causing him to flee.
During the gunman’s attempts to run away from the post, one soldier hurled a grenade at him, and others opened fire, killing the terrorist.