Palestinian terrorist killed Israeli and wounded two others in West Bank settlement

An Israeli was killed and two others injured during a Sunday attack with a gun in the vicinity of the Jewish Ariel settlement in the West Bank, said an Israeli army spokesman. , which would have qualified the Palestinian badailant.

In the morning, around 7:45 am GMT, an individual "who appears to be a Palestinian" attacked a soldier as he was leaving a commercial area near Ariel's intersection. "It seems that he attacked the soldier with a knife and managed to get his weapon", said Lt. Col. Johnatan Conricus during a conference call.

Then the attacker started shooting against three cars that were circulating in the area.

When he opened fire on the first vehicle, he injured a civilian, then fired at a second vehicle, which did not stop, then a third who stopped, in front of which "the terrorist took the car and headed to the Gitai Avishar intersection, on Highway 5", where he shot and wounded another soldier, added the spokesman, pointing out that it was temporary information.

The suspect He escaped to a nearby Palestinian village and a search engine was launched..

Security forces have reinforced "their defense capabilities in Judea and Samaria (biblical names of the West Bank) and are on alert for the risk "that there are other attacks inspired by that"said Conricus.

"We know that one Israeli died and two were injured," the spokesman said. did not confirm if the deceased is a soldieras some local media reports.

Emergency services of Maguen David Adom (equivalent of the Red Cross) helped the wounded and transferred two of the victims to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tiqwa (near Tel Aviv).

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the defense portfolio, reacted to the attack early in his weekly meeting with his cabinet of ministers and he hoped that security forces, including the army and the internal security agency, would be able to "catch terrorists""

(With EFE information)