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Palestinian Authority/Gaza, August 12, 2024
Israeli man seriously wounded in West Bank terror shooting
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A Palestinian terrorist shot and seriously wounded an Israeli man, along with two Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Qalqilya on Monday evening, the military said.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the gunman opened fire at an Israeli man near a car repair shop in Qalqilya, wounding him seriously.
Another two Palestinians next to him were also hurt, according to the military, although their conditions are not known.
The Israeli man, in his 60s, was rescued by the IDF from Qalqilya and taken to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, where he was listed in serious condition.
It was unclear what the man was doing in Qalqilya. Israelis are barred from entering West Bank areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Despite the ban, some Israelis continue to enter PA cities where prices for goods and services are significantly cheaper than in Israel.
A short while after the military received reports of gunfire and injuries in Qalqilya, the IDF said troops shot and killed the gunman just outside the city, as he attempted to flee.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry named the gunman as Tariq Daoud, 18. It said his body was being held by Israeli authorities.
Daoud, a Hamas operative, had been jailed by Israel previously.
He was released in November as part of the hostage deal with Hamas, in which Israel released Palestinian terror convicts and detainees, mostly from the West Bank, in exchange for Israeli civilians abducted by the terror group on October 7.
According to a military source, the IDF was made aware that Daoud was in Qalqilya, and had planned to arrest him. Not long after, the shooting attack took place.
When the IDF understood that the gunman had fled Qalqilya, the commander of the IDF’s Efraim Regional Brigade, Col. Netanel Shamaka, led his forces in pursuit of the terrorist.
Amid an exchange of fire near the Palestinian town of Azzun, Shamaka shot the terrorist dead, the source said.
The military wing of Hamas later announced Daoud’s death, calling the 18-year-old gunman a “field commander” in the terror group.
The IDF on Tuesday published an image of weapons found in the car he used for the drive-by attack.
The military also released a quote by the commander of the force that pursued and eventually killed Daoud.
“A short while after receiving the report, we hurried to the scene, sought contact, encountered the terrorist who was in a vehicle, opened fire at close range and eliminated him,” said Shamaka.
He wished the wounded Israeli a speedy recovery and reiterated that entering the Palestinian-controlled Area A in the West Bank is illegal for Israeli citizens.
Tensions in Israel and the West Bank have soared since October 7, when terrorists burst through the Gaza border into Israel in a Hamas-led attack, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages.
Since then, 26 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in Palestinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another five members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
In the same period, troops have arrested some 4,400 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,850 affiliated with Hamas.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 590 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or terrorists carrying out attacks.
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