Israeli settler and Palestinian driver killed in West Bank shootings
A suspected Palestinian gunman on Sunday shot dead an Israeli man near a West Bank settlement, according to Israeli officials. The gunman was located at a Ramallah hospital and arrested, police said. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over. The flare up in violence came on the eve of the Jewish holy day of…
On Sunday, an Israeli man was shot dead near a West Bank settlement by a suspected Palestinian gunman, who was later arrested at a Ramallah hospital. According to The National UAE, the gunman opened fire from a vehicle at Israelis gathered at a spring near the settlement of Neve Tzuf, near Ramallah.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over near the settlement of Ganim. The incidents occurred on the eve of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the shooting but did not claim responsibility for it, saying it was carried out by one of the heroes of their people, according to Jerusalem Post. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed security agencies to increase their presence and carry out arrests and offensive operations in the area. The IDF also plans a mass-arrest operation in the West Bank Palestinian village of Biddu, the hometown of the Neve Tzuf attacker.
Brief written by urgent.news from France 24, The National UAE, Jerusalem Post, Middle East Eye, The Times of Israel — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
