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| Palestinian attacker shot dead after killing Israeli in West Bank |
| 2022-10-31 |
| [AnNahar] A Paleostinian assailant rubbed out an Israeli in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday and maimed four others, including another Paleostinian, before being killed by a security guard. The shooting comes just days before Israel holds its fifth election in less than four years and with violence surging in the West Bank, a Paleostinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Extreme-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose Religious Zionism alliance is eyeing major gains in elections on Tuesday, claimed on Twitter that his Hebron home was the target. Israel's security forces have not confirmed the allegation and Israeli media, citing security sources, have reported Ben-Gvir's home in a Hebron settlement was not targeted. Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency response service initially reported five maimed, including a 50-year-old Israeli man left "unconscious with an injury to his upper body". A spokesperson for Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center told AFP that man later died of his wounds. The other Israelis suffered less severe injuries, the MDA said, while the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy reported that the Paleostinian victim was being treated at a Hebron area hospital. Israel's army said "a terrorist shot live fire" near a checkpoint in Hebron, a West Bank city which is also home to a community of hardline Jewish settlers. An army spokesperson told AFP that an Israeli security guard shot the attacker dead at the scene. "Soldiers are conducting searches in the area" for additional suspects, the army said. Related: Hebron: 2022-10-30 Israeli killed, 4 hurt in West Bank terror shooting; medic shot while trying to help Hebron: 2022-10-16 Palestinian killed, another seriously wounded in clash with IDF in West Bank Hebron: 2022-10-13 East Jerusalem quiets after hours of riots as police brace for more clashes |
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