A capturing close to a checkpoint within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution killed at the very least one particular person and injured a number of others Thursday morning.
Three Palestinians used computerized weapons to fireside from a automobile towards a visitors jam in entrance of the A Za’im checkpoint, which results in Jerusalem, the Israeli police stated. All three attackers had been killed, Eli Levy, a police spokesman, stated in a video assertion.
Hamas praised the capturing in a press release, calling it a “pure response” to what it described as Israeli crimes in Gaza and the West Financial institution.
The checkpoint is on a essential freeway between Ma’ale Adumim, considered one of Israel’s largest settlements within the West Financial institution, and Jerusalem.
Israel’s emergency medical service stated {that a} man in his twenties had been killed by the attackers. It stated 5 others had been being handled at hospitals for gunshot wounds, and one was in severe situation. The emergency medical service obtained a name reporting a capturing at about 7:30 a.m.
Mr. Levy known as the assault terrorism.
Final week, a capturing that Israeli authorities additionally labeled terrorism killed two individuals 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.
