Five Israelis, including four soldiers, were wounded in a shooting attack near Mevo Dotan in the northern West Bank on Tuesday afternoon, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed.
The terrorists fired from a moving car at a 33-year-old resident of West Bank, moderately wounding him, before driving further down the road and shooting at a military vehicle and wounding four IDF soldiers, who are in light-to-moderate condition.
The wounded man managed to drive to the Reihan Crossing and received initial treatment there before being transferred to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center for further treatment.
The four wounded soldiers were also treated at the scene before one of them was transported to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in a helicopter in moderate condition. The other three lightly injured soldiers were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center.
The car hit by the shooting attack near Mevo Dotan. June 13, 2023 (credit: SAMARIA REGIONAL COUNCIL)Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan stated after the attack, “This difficult incident, with many casualties, took place at an intersection adjacent to the intersection where Meir Tamari was murdered about two weeks ago.”
“We have been begging for years and certainly after the attack, we begged, we cried out to stop abandoning us, to close the Hermesh checkpoint, to close the Mevo Dotan checkpoint,” added Dagan. “Whoever made the unfortunate decision to re-open the checkpoint at the entrance to Hermesh after the end of the seven days abandoned the lives of our residents.”
Israeli forces operate in Balata refugee camp
Israeli forces searching for the terrorists behind the attack entered the Palestinian town of Ya’abad, located near the scene of the attack, after the shooting, according to Palestinian reports.
The attack came as Israeli forces operated in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. Armed clashes were reported in Balata as the forces surrounded a home in the camp to conduct arrests.
One Palestinian was killed and at least three others were injured in the clashes, according to Palestinian reports.
This is a developing story.
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