Several Israelis killed and wounded during shooting in occupied West Bank
A shooting in the occupied West Bank on Monday morning killed three Israelis and wounded eight others, with one of the injured in critical condition.
Attackers targeted a bus and two cars near the village of al-Funduq, east of Qalqilya, where settlers often transit through to the illegal settlements of Kedumim, Shavei Shomron, and others.
Israeli officials said two Palestinians were responsible for the shooting, with the fate of the attackers unknown.
According to Israel's emergency services, Magen David Adom, a bus driver, was left seriously wounded while two other Israelis were in moderate condition, and five more had mild injuries.
Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, described the attack as an act of terrorism and compared it to the events in Gaza.
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"Those who trust the Palestinian Authority to maintain the security of Israeli citizens wake up to a morning when terrorists are again slaughtering Jewish residents," the far-right minister wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Smotrich added that the occupied West Bank must end up looking like north Gaza's Jabalia, which has been decimated following Israel's implementation of the "General's Plan" to ethnically cleanse the area.
The Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has turned into a "ghost town", with not a single building left unscathed, according to Israel’s Maariv newspaper.
Any remaining structures are riddled with bullet holes or scarred by explosive shells, a grim testament to the relentless Israeli onslaught.
The situation has been exacerbated by heavy rains, which have turned the rubble into a mud-filled swamp, making the already dire conditions even more unbearable.
Meanwhile, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that Israelis should realise that there are no commonalities with Palestinians.
"Whoever strives for an end to the war in Gaza will receive a war in Judea and Samaria," he said in a post on X.
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