One person was killed and eight others were wounded this Thursday in a shooting attack carried out by three Palestinians on a road that connects an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank with Jerusalem, official sources reported, amid a wave of violence in the area.
"A report was received about a terrorist attack involving gunfire on Highway 1" near Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement located about 10 kilometers from Jerusalem, a police statement said.
According to the same official version, three Palestinians arrived in vehicles on Highway 1 towards Jerusalem, and "began firing M-16 automatic weapons at civilians who were in their vehicles, in the middle of a traffic jam near the Azaim checkpoint." .
"The security forces neutralized two terrorists at the scene and, after conducting explorations, another terrorist who tried to escape was located and neutralized," the police statement said.
The local press reported that two of the attackers died and that the remaining one was arrested.
According to the same information, two of the attackers are brothers, they are 26 and 31 years old respectively, and they live in Belén.
The remaining one is also 31 years old and resides in that same city.
Meanwhile, the United Hatzalah emergency service indicated that one of the victims of the attack "died", while the Magen David Adom paramedic service reported five gunshot wounds: a 23-year-old man in serious condition, two 23-year-old women and 30 years old and two 40-year-old men in moderate to mild condition.
One of the weapons used by the attackers, which was found by the Police after the violent episode.
Photo Israel Police.
Last Friday, two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting attack while they were at a bus station in southern Israel, while the attacker was killed by a civilian at the scene.
Israel and the occupied West Bank are experiencing the worst spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-2005), a phenomenon that has worsened since the war broke out on October 7 between the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Israel.
So far this year alone, 72 Palestinians have died in the area in violent events, as well as seven people on the Israeli side.
With information from EFE.
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