Attack on Highway 1: One person was killed and 8 were wounded by gunfire near Ma'am Adumim/Roni Knafo, according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law, documentation of MDA operations
Matan Elmaleh, 26 years old from Ma'ale Adumim, is the young man who was killed today (Thursday) in the attack on Highway 1. Eight other people were injured beside Elmaleh, including a woman who is in an advanced state of pregnancy.
Security forces in the area neutralized two terrorists on the spot, and in the searches conducted in the area, another terrorist was located who tried to escape and he was also neutralized.
The terrorists, Palestinian residents of the Bethlehem sector, unloaded from their vehicles at two different locations and began firing automatic weapons at civilians in vehicles standing in a traffic jam near the A-Zaim checkpoint.
Four people between the ages of 23 and 52 were moderately injured, and MDA teams evacuated them to Shaare Zedek, Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus hospitals in Jerusalem. In addition, MDA teams evacuated a 59-year-old woman who was bruised and 4 anxiety victims to the hospitals.
The scene of the attack on Route 1, this morning/Roni Knafo
Superintendent Uzi Levy, commander of the Shia Police District, said at the scene of the attack that the terrorists arrived in two vehicles: "The terrorists unloaded from the vehicles armed with M16s and shot at civilians at the scene.
Policemen who were active in the area and civilians opened fire on the terrorists, two were killed, another terrorist was neutralized and he is in critical condition.
The scene is being scanned, they are trying to open the axis and return the sector to normal."
A preliminary investigation indicates that the terrorists detected a traffic jam on the way to the checkpoint. One terrorist got out of the vehicle and opened fire while the other two advanced by driving along the curb and between the cars, then got out of the vehicle and opened fire. Civilians and security forces neutralized them The three terrorists who carried out the attack are Muhammad Zuahara
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26 years old, a resident of Ta'amra/Bethlehem, and his brother Kadam Zuahara, 31, a resident of Ta'amra/Bethlehem, who was imprisoned in the past on the grounds of illegal stay. Together with them, Ahmed Aluhash carried out the attack. 31 years old, resident of Zatra/Bethlehem.
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