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Zionist trooper killed in shooting attack in West Bank

Armed Palestinian faction claims responsibility for attack near settlement of Shavei Shomron.

According to the Times of Israel reports, an Israeli trooper was killed in a shooting near the settlement of Shavei Shomron in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, the Zionist regime’s military said.

 

The Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) said the trooper was seriously hurt and was taken by ambulance for medical treatment at the Meir Medical Center.

 

His death was later declared by medical staff at the hospital in Kfar Saba.

 

A gunman apparently opened fire from a passing vehicle and fled the scene at a high speed, according to the IOF’s initial probe of the shooting.

 

Security camera footage showed the car fleeing the area, passing by a military vehicle, toward the Palestinian town of Deir Sharaf.

 

 

The attack came as settlers held a march near the adjacent Palestinian town of Sebastia over a string of recent shootings in the West Bank. The soldier was part of a unit securing the march.

 

An armed Palestinian faction calling itself Lion’s Den claimed responsibility for the shooting in a statement.

 

The group — based in Nablus’s old city — was established in recent months by members of various resistance groups. Some of its members were apparently previously affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

 

It has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in the northern West Bank in recent weeks, including one targeting another demonstration held by settlers near Nablus.

 

Amid searches for the alleged gunman, shooting was heard in the Deir Sharaf area.

 




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