Photo Credit: IDF
Materials to create a Molotov cocktail, or firebomb. (archive)

A 44-year-old man was moderately burned Thursday after he was attacked with an ignited firebomb (Molotov cocktail) hurled at him in the Silwan section of Jerusalem, just outside the walls of the Old City.

The victim was treated at the scene and then taken to Jerusalem’s Sha’are Zedek Medical Center with burns on the lower section of his body, where he is listed in fair condition.

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Israeli police and Border Guard Police officers who arrived at the scene of the attack set out to search for the attacker. An investigation into the incident has been launched.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.