Amazed despite Palestinians being under constant attack & infiltration by Israeli forces, they're still the most welcoming ppl I've ever met
— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) September 2, 2016
Two female soldiers who lost their way while using the GPS navigation application Waze were attacked with rocks after the app directed them into a Palestinian village near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. The two soldiers were lightly injured before being save and removed from the area by the Palestinian security apparatus.
When the two soldiers approached the Palestinian village, they called the police’s emergency response hotline. The responders advised them to continue straight ahead in order to return to Israeli territory. A plain-clothes Palestinian police officer identified them and told them to go in another direction. After ignoring his advice and choosing instead to stick with that of the police, they were eventually identified by locals, who threw stones at their vehicle.
A Palestinian police officer called Palestinian police forces, and the two soldiers were evacuated to a nearby Palestinian police station. The Palestinian forces then contacted Israeli Civil Administration officers and transferred the two IDF soldiers over to the Israeli authorities.
Thankfully these two young women did not end up like two other young soldiers who got lost and were on the receiving end of that famous palestinian hospitality.