Israeli security forces are pursuing the terrorist, have set up barricades and surrounded the Bethlehem area.
A gunman opened fire late Wednesday night on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank, injuring four people, including a 12-year-old boy, who was initially reported to be in “critical condition” by the Israeli army and emergency services, before a hospital said he succumbed. .
The attack was committed around 23:30, south of Jerusalem, between the territory of Israel and that of the occupied West Bank.
The Magen David Adom emergency service, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross, said it had received four wounded, including a 12-year-old child “seriously wounded by bullets”.
The boy was admitted to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital “in critical condition,” according to the health facility, which later announced that doctors could not save him despite intensive efforts and officially pronounced him dead, the online publication reported. Times of Israel.
“Israeli security forces are pursuing the terrorist,” set up “barricades” and “surrounded the Bethlehem area,” according to a statement from the Israeli army.
Since the war broke out in the Gaza Strip, triggered by an unprecedented attack by Hamas on the southern part of the Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, violence has exploded in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation since 1967.
Source :Skai
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