[IsraelTimes] Separately, shots fired at bus stop outside Ofra in area that has seen spate of attacks in recent weeks; no injuriesIDF soldiers opened fire on a Paleostinian car that ran through a West Bank roadblock Thursday evening, killing one of its occupants.
The car broke through the so-called Focus checkpoint, the military said in a statement. IDF soldiers manning the position opened fire on the vehicle, killing one of the people inside and injuring another.
The Paleostinian health ministry confirmed one man was killed. Paleostinian media named him as Qassem Abassi, 17, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
The incident came as tensions ran high following two shootings in the area last week that claimed the lives of two Israeli soldiers and a baby, and amid a general uptick in violence in the West Bank.
Less than an hour before the incident, shots were fired at a bus stop near the settlement of Ofra, north of Jerusalem, causing no injuries. Soldiers at the scene fired at the source of the gunfire, which appeared to be the nearby Paleostinian village of Ein Yabrud, the military said.
Hadashot TV news reported that there were several people at the bus stop at the time. An eyewitness said that as soon as the shots rang out, the civilians dove to the ground behind the soldiers.
The IDF said it was investigating both incidents and that troops had set up roadblocks in the area.
Beyond the checkpoint is a road used by Paleostinians from al-Bireh and Ramallah to its south, and settlers from Beit El to its north, to reach Route 60. The Ofra junction lies farther along the same road.