Eight Wounded In Gun Attack Near West Bank

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A member of the Israeli security forces walks next to a body lying on the road

Three gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on several vehicles near a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Thursday, wounding eight people in a “terror attack”

Israel Police DepartmentĀ in a statement noted thatĀ the incident occurred near Maale Adumim settlement, east of Jerusalem, adding that the attackers arrived in a vehicle before carrying out the killings.

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Israeli security forces gather at the scene of the shooting attack

The Police department disclosed that eight people with varying degrees of injuries were evacuated from the scene by medical professionals. 

Police said in a statement that; “The three terrorists… got out of their vehicle and started shooting automatic weapons at vehicles that were standing in a traffic jam on the road towards Jerusalem.” 

“Two terrorists were neutralised on the spot. In the searches conducted at the scene, another terrorist was located who tried to escape and he was also neutralised.”

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Israeli security forces gather at the scene of the shooting attack

Thursday’s shooting comes after two people were shot dead last Friday at a bus stop in southern Israel near the town of Kiryat Malakhi.

The West Bank has seen frequent Palestinian attacks on Israelis and near-daily raids by the Israeli military that often turn deadly.

Around 475,000 Jewish settlers currently live in the occupied West Bank, as their settlements are considered illegal by the United Nations and most of the international community.

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Meanwhile, the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah, said Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 400 Palestinians in the West Bank since the Gaza war began. 

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