At least six Israeli settlers, including five Israeli soldiers, have been injured after armed attackers opened fire on a bus in the occupied West Bank.
Faraan: Israeli medics said shooting occurred near Route 90 in the Jordan Valley, northeast of the occupied West Bank on Sunday, adding that the injured have been evacuated by helicopter, including the bus driver who is in critical condition. The Israeli military said it apprehend two Palestinians suspected of carrying out the attack. The two suspects were arrested after their vehicle caught fire while escaping.
A third suspect reportedly managed to flee, and a manhunt has been launched to capture him. Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif Qanu reacted to the shooting operation in the West Bank, calling it a “heroic” operation. Qanu said the operation that targeted Israeli soldiers and settlers was a reaction to the occupying regime’s crimes and its acts of aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian prisoners. “We salute those revolutionary youth, who carried out this special operation, thus highlighting our people’s ability to continue resistance across the West Bank,” he said.
Medics say at least one Israeli settler has been killed and two others injured in a shooting in the occupied West Bank.
The recent development comes as Israeli forces continue their near-daily raid-and-arrest operations in various parts of the West Bank, wounding or killing Palestinians. Such raids are carried out while Israeli settlers also conduct acts of violence against Palestinians and their property. Settler violence is rampant in the occupied Palestinian territories. The acts of violence and vandalism, known as price tag attacks which are committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property, have risen in recent years.
