A capturing close to a checkpoint within the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed at the least one individual and injured a number of others Thursday morning.
Three Palestinians used automated weapons to fireplace from a automotive towards a visitors jam in entrance of the A Za’im checkpoint, which results in Jerusalem, the Israeli police mentioned. All three attackers have been killed, Eli Levy, a police spokesman, mentioned in a video assertion.
Hamas praised the capturing in an announcement, calling it a “natural response” to what it described as Israeli crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
The checkpoint is on a major freeway between Ma’ale Adumim, certainly one of Israel’s largest settlements within the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
Israel’s emergency medical service mentioned {that a} man in his twenties had been killed by the attackers. It mentioned 5 others have been being handled at hospitals for gunshot wounds, and one was in severe situation. The emergency medical service acquired a name reporting a capturing at about 7:30 a.m.
Mr. Levy referred to as the assault terrorism.
Last week, a capturing that Israeli authorities additionally labeled terrorism killed two folks and wounded 4 others at a bus station in central Israel. The nation has been on excessive alert for the reason that Hamas-led assaults on Oct. 7.
Adam Rasgon contributed reporting.
