In a retaliatory, martyrdom-seeking operation near Jericho in the West Bank, an Zionist settler was shot dead.
Local media in occupied Palestinian territories reported a martyrdom-seeking operation near Jericho in the West Bank on Monday.
The Zionist Israeli regime military radio announced that during that shooting, a Zionist was seriously injured and the perpetrator managed to escape the scene.
But the Palestinian Shahab news agency reported that this Israeli settler was killed during this shooting.
In response to the operation, the spokesman of the Hamas Movement Abdul Latif Al-Qanou’ said, “This operation is in line with the response to the crimes of the Zionist regime and the settlers, the latest of which is the brutal attack on our people in Hawara located in Nablus.”
The Hamas spokesman emphasized that the only answer to the crimes of Zionists and Israeli settlers is to increase martyrdom-seeking operations and shootings.
It was earlier reported that, a Palestinian gunman has killed two Israelis in their car in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli government said.
A joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday said “two Israeli civilians were killed in a Palestinian terror attack” in an incident near the city of Nablus in the north of the occupied territory.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came as Israeli and Palestinian security officials met in Jordan to discuss ways of lowering tensions.
Medics said the casualties near Hawara, an area that sees regular friction between Palestinians and settlers, were men in their 20s.
A settlements spokesperson said they were residents of Har Bracha, a settlement 8 km (5 miles) away from the scene of the attack.
Israel looks for suspect
Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat, reporting from West Jerusalem, said Israeli forces were searching for the attacker.
“Israeli security forces closed down some of the checkpoints and they are still looking for the person who carried this [attack] out,” she said.
Sunday’s shooting attack comes amid rising tensions across the occupied West Bank following an Israeli military raid in Nablus in which 11 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday.
According to Palestinian figures, at least 65 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of this year.
