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Palestinian shoots dead two Israelis in West Bank: army
JERUSALEM, Dec 13, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Palestinian shot dead two Israelis
and wounded at least two others at a bus stop in the occupied West Bank on
Thursday, the army said.
“A Palestinian opened fire at a bus stop killing 2 Israelis, severely
injuring 1 & injuring others at Asaf Junction, north of Jerusalem,” the
Israeli military said on its Twitter account.
An army spokesperson was unable to confirm reports that the assailant
targeted Israeli soldiers.
The attack occurred near the Israeli settlement of Ofra, on the main road
that crosses the West Bank from north to south.
It came only hours after Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the
West Bank after attacks that claimed the lives of three Israelis, including a
baby.
One of them was Salah Barghouti, a 29-year-old accused of shooting at
Israelis on Sunday at a bus stop also near the Ofra settlement.
That attack wounded seven people including a woman who was seven months
pregnant. Doctors tried to save the baby boy with an emergency cesarean but
he died on Wednesday and was buried in Jerusalem.
His mother remains in hospital in a serious condition.
The other Palestinian killed by Israeli forces overnight had been
suspected of shooting dead two Israelis two months ago.
Ashraf Naalwa, 23, was killed when forces tried to arrest him near Nablus
in the West Bank, the Israeli Shin Bet security service said.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1648 hrs