One Israeli killed and six injured in Palestinian attack on settlement near Jerusalem

One person died and six others were injured this Thursday when they suffered a shooting attack perpetrated by three Palestinians on a road connecting an Israeli settlement in West Bank busy with Jerusalemwhile police and civilians killed two of the attackers on the spot.

At around 07:30 local time (05:30 GMT), “a terrorist attack with shooting occurred on Highway 1”, near Maale Adumiman Israeli settlement located in West Bank about 10 kilometers from Jerusalemindicated a statement from the Police.

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Three Palestinians who lived in the nearby city of Bethlehem arrived in vehicles and “started firing M-16 automatic weapons at civilians who were in their vehicles, in the middle of a traffic jam near the Azaim checkpoint,” he added.

For its part, the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service reported that paramedics deployed to the scene “declared the death of a man in his 20s”.

According to the local press, it is Kill Elmaliah26 years old, resident of Maale Adumim.

Besides the MDA reported five people who suffered gunshot wounds, including a 23-year-old woman “in serious condition” who was shot in the upper part of the body.

This is a pregnant woman who will undergo a “major surgery“, indicates the local press, citing medical sources, who did not give a definitive diagnosis for the fetus.

Four other people were injured by gunfire in the same incident and their condition is moderate: two women aged 30 and 52 and two men aged 23 and 51.

Those injured, as well as a 59-year-old woman who was injured – although not by a gunshot – and four other people suffering from anxiety attacks were evacuated to nearby hospitals, according to MDA.

The emergency service also confirmed the death of two of the attackers.

“Two terrorists were neutralized by civilians and the forces of security at the event location“, said a police statement.

Consulted by EFE, the Police were unable to specify the health status of the third attacker, who was achieved by agents when he tried to escape.

The security agency ShinBet identified the attackers as Ahmed Al-Wahsh31 years, Muhammad Zawahra26, and his brother Kathem31 years old, who had previously been arrested for illegally entering Israel.

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Palestinian militias react

O Palestinian Islamic Jihad celebrated the attack, arguing that it “falls within the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to defend their sanctuaries and their lands against the bloody occupation” of Israel.

Meanwhile, the Islamic group Hamas, which de facto controls the Gaza strip and has been involved in a war with Israel since October 7th, with the certainty that the war will continue. “Palestinian resistance until the occupation is defeated” and “national rights are fully restored””, such as a Palestinian state.

Furthermore, Hamas indicated that the attack comes amid threats from Israeli authorities to prevent Muslim Palestinians from going to Al Aqsa Mosquethe third holiest site in Islam, during the month of Ramadan, which begins on March 10.

Last Sunday, the Israeli Minister of National Security, the far-right anti-Arab Itamar Ben Gvirurged to prevent Muslim Palestinians from entering the Esplanade of Mosques of the Old City of Jerusalem, where the temple of Al-Aqsa.

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High voltage in the area

This same Thursday, after the attack, Ben Gvir He called for more movement restrictions and checkpoints for Palestinians.

“The right to life of Jewish residents in West Bank is more important than the freedom of movement of residents under the Palestinian authority”, said the leader of the supremacist party Jewish Powera settler in the Hebron area of ​​the West Bank.

Convicted in the past of incitement to racism, vandalism and support for an Israeli terrorist organization, Ben Gvir He is known for his advocacy of the complete annexation of Occupied West Bank and the death penalty for Palestinian attackers.

The Minister of Finance, also an extremist Bezalel Smotrichdemanded approval of a plan to build thousands of new homes in Maale Adumim and nearby settlements.

Israel It is West Bank occupied people are experiencing the worst spiral of violence since Second Intifada (2000-2005), a phenomenon that has worsened since the beginning of the war between Hamas It is Israelon October 7th.

So far this year, at least 75 Palestinians died in violent eventsas well as seven people from the Israeli side.

Last Friday, two people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting attack while at a bus station in southern Israel, while the Palestinian aggressor He was murdered by a civilian.

Meanwhile, attacks from Israeli settlers against the Palestinians and violent attacks by the Israeli army across the West Bank have intensified, often resulting in deaths, arrests and extensive destruction.

Since the war broke out, Israel stopped at West Bank to around 3,200 Palestinians, of which around 1,350 are linked to Hamas.

Source: Elcomercio

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