Two Israelis killed in West Bank attack
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said a man and a woman in their 30s have been shot dead at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The rescue service said a third person, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital in serious condition. The Israeli military, in a post on X, said it has launched a search for the attackers.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv meanwhile reported that all victims were police and border guards. It says Israeli ambulances were on the scene and that the military has sent reinforcements to the area.
Israeli forces searching for assailants after shooting at Tarqumiyah
We know that a Palestinian car was involved in the shooting [at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint near Hebron]. Pictures we’ve been looking at appear to show that the target was an official Israeli car.
The perpetrator or perpetrators have left the scene.
Israeli forces are carrying out search operations in the area, closing down roads. The area is filled with illegal Israeli settlements, as well as one major checkpoint that – before the war – used to allow Palestinian workers to cross into Israel.
This has stopped during the war.
Two Israelis wounded in the attack have been announced dead. And there’s a third injury that’s been described as serious.
Third Israeli killed in West Bank shooting: Reports
Israeli Army Radio and the Maariv newspaper are reporting that the third Israeli person who was shot – a man in his 50s – has also died. Maariv described the people killed as Israeli security personnel.
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli security forces are currently on the hunt for the assailants.
Israeli minister Ben-Gvir arrives at site of West Bank shooting
Israel’s far-right national security minister has turned up at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint shortly after the deadly shooting there. Israeli Army Radio is reporting that Israeli forces are currently raiding the nearby Palestinian town of Idhna in search of the assailants.
It said the gunmen fired from a distance of 1km (0.6 miles) from the checkpoint.
