Three Palestinian terrorists opened fire Thursday near a checkpoint, killing one Israeli and wounding 11 others, Israeli police and medics said. .
Israeli security forces and armed civilians killed Two of the terrorists were killed during the attack, and the third perpetrator managed to flee the area, but was later “neutralized” by police and law enforcement officials. Said outlet. (Related: Video shows knife-wielding teenager trying to stab Israeli border police)
Magen David Adom (Red Star of David) of the Israeli National Emergency Service tweeted that five victims had been evacuated from the scene. Three people, two women aged 23 and 30, and a man aged 23, were in “serious condition”, while two men, aged 40, were in “moderate and mild condition”.
MDA Spokesperson: Update on terrorist shooting incident on Route 1. MDA paramedics and paramedics are treating and evacuating five gunshot victims. The 23- and 30-year-old women and the 23-year-old man are seriously ill and conscious, while the two 40-year-old men are in moderate and mild condition.
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) February 22, 2024
The only fatality was 26-year-old Matan Elmaria, Times of Israel military correspondent Emmanuel Fabian tweeted.
The victim of the shooting attack in the Maale Adumim neighborhood earlier today has been identified as Matan Elmaria, 26 years old. pic.twitter.com/euFzGZjgB4
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 22, 2024
One of the victims, a pregnant woman, underwent “extensive surgery” and is currently in stable condition, said Dr. Aron Schwartz, head of the trauma department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, The Times of Israel reported. .
Hananiyah Ben Shimon, an Israeli reservist who had just returned from fighting in the Gaza Strip, managed to kill one of the terrorists with a pistol after being wounded himself. I got it.. “Hanania is an honest man who told us that he is not a hero, but rather that a hero is another man who fought terrorists and got hit in the hand. However, security officials say that Hananya is not a hero today. He told us that he saved someone,'' Hananya's father Arik said.
The three attackers were heavily armed with “assault rifles, makeshift submachine guns and grenades” and all were from the “Bethlehem area,” Fabian tweeted, along with a photo of the weapons used by the terrorists. .
Police say the three Palestinian terrorists who carried out the deadly shooting attack near the As Zayem checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim were armed with assault rifles, makeshift submachine guns and grenades. .
The three people are identified by the police as residents, but… https://t.co/lRnyo1Eqnw pic.twitter.com/sXz0AegtUn
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 22, 2024
According to the Israel Security Agency (or “Shin Bet”), one of the terrorists “had previously been imprisoned for illegally entering Israel,” Fabian said. I got it. Tweet.
