A gunman suspected of belonging to the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas opened fire on an Israeli bus in the West Bank on Friday, wounding eight people, including four soldiers, according to reports.
The incident near the Ariel settlement ended with Israeli forces killing the assailant, identified by Hamas as 46-year-old Samer Hussein.
“As a result of the gunfire attack, four IDF soldiers sustained minor injuries and were evacuated to a hospital for treatment,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that “armed terrorists opened fire on an Israeli bus in Gitti.” Ta. Avisar [Junction]This may cause injury or damage. ”
Images and video taken from the scene showed multiple bullet holes in the bus's windshield and a wrecked car on the side of the road.
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Bullet holes can be seen in the windshield of an Israeli bus that was shot at on Friday near the Ariel settlement in the West Bank. (Nadav Goldstein/TPS-IL)
“IDF soldiers eliminated the terrorists at the scene,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
The al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas armed group, said the attackers were members of the group. According to Reuters.
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Israeli security forces stand next to an ambulance following a shooting incident near the Jewish settlement of Ariel in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, November 29. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
Elsewhere on Friday, two girls and a woman were crushed to death as a crowd of Palestinians tried to buy bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip.
The bodies of two girls, aged 13 and 17, and a 50-year-old woman were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Doctors said the bodies died of suffocation due to overcrowding at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. I confirmed that there is. – Vanna Bakery, according to the Associated Press.
Food prices have reportedly soared in the Gaza Strip following recent attacks on nearly 100 UN aid trucks crossing from Israel.
At least eight people, including four IDF soldiers, were injured in the shooting near Ariel. (Nadav Goldstein/TPS-IL)
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A woman in the city of Deir al-Balah told The Associated Press last week that the price of flour has risen to more than $100 per bag, even if she can find it.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
