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| Israeli moderately injured in shooting attack on West Bank highway |
| 2016-07-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Army launches manhunt to find perpetrators; victim maimed by gunshot to the shin; incident occurred near Tekoa An Israeli man was moderately maimed in a drive-by shooting attack on Saturday night near the West Bank settlement of Tekoa outside of Bethlehem, the army said. The victim, a man in his 30s, received initial treatment on the scene before being taken by military ambulance to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem for further care, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the shin, according to a spokesperson for the hospital. "Multiple bullet holes were identified on the vehicle," the army said. The man’s wife and five children were in the vehicle with him during the shooting, a spokesperson for the Etzion bloc said. The Israel Defense Forces launched a manhunt to locate the perpetrator or perpetrators of the attack, a military spokesperson said. The army closed off the village of Sa’ir, south of Tekoa, as an "additional security measure" during its search for the suspect, an IDF spokesperson said. Paleostinian media reported that following the closure, festivities broke out between IDF soldiers and residents in Sa’ir. The shooting attack took place at what’s known as the "T" junction on the highway connecting the Efrat and Tekoa settlements in the Etzion bloc. The Tekoa settlement was closed off immediately following the attack, according to a message sent to residents. |
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