HUWARA, West Bank – A Palestinian gunman opened fireplace on Sunday on an Israeli couple of their automotive, wounding the person, in a West Bank city the place an identical capturing final month prompted Israeli settlers to go on a violent rampage.
Israeli officers stated the wounded Israeli, who additionally has US citizenship, and troopers on the scene returned fireplace, wounding the gunman, who was pursued by troops and captured.
The incident occurred as Israeli and Palestinian officers held US-backed talks in Egypt geared toward calming months of violence.
It came about in Huwara, the place final month a gunman from the Hamas Islamist militant group opened fireplace on a automotive killing two Israeli settlers, additionally coinciding with a day when Israeli and Palestinian officers held de-escalation talks.
Settlers responded to final month’s incident by torching homes and vehicles and killing one Palestinian in a rampage described by a senior military commander as a “pogrom.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Joe Biden about Sunday’s capturing assault.
“The prime minister told President Biden that Israel would continue to take action everywhere against terrorists and the architects of terrorism,” Netanyahu’s workplace stated.
Israel’s ambulance service stated it had handled a person shot in Huwara. A paramedic, among the many first to reach on the scene, stated on Israel Radio that one Israeli man was wounded as he sat in his automotive together with his spouse.
Israeli media reported the wounded man was a former US Marine who now lives in a Jewish settlement within the West Bank the place he’s a safety teacher. The US ambassador to Israel confirmed a US citizen had been injured within the assault. The embassy declined to supply additional particulars.
Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and in addition has a presence within the West Bank, has denounced the Israeli-Palestinian de-escalation talks that came about final month in Jordan and on Sunday in Egypt. It stated Sunday’s assault was a pure response to Israel’s occupation, though it stopped in need of claiming accountability.
The Hamas gunman held answerable for final month’s assault was killed by Israeli forces throughout a raid on the refugee camp within the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this month.
The West Bank has seen a surge of confrontations, with near-daily navy raids and escalating settler violence amid a spate of assaults by Palestinians. Sunday’s talks aimed to move off additional incidents when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins later this week.
Over the previous 12 months, Israeli forces have made hundreds of arrests within the West Bank and killed greater than 200 Palestinians, together with fighters and civilians, whereas greater than 40 Israelis and three Ukrainians have died in Palestinian assaults. —Reuters
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