Two Israeli women were killed and a third seriously injured. inside Allegations of armed attack on Palestinians It’s in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli sources.
Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services spokesperson The incident occurred on a road near the West Bank town of Hamra.is happening Being investigated as a “terrorist attack”Terminology used for attacks by Palestinians.
deaths Two sisters in their 20s and the injured woman is her 45-year-old mother, settlers, all residing in the settlement of Efrat, near Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received “details” of what happened and will shortly meet with his security advisers to assess the situation.
“A terrible terrorist attack took place today., at Passover, in the Jordan Valley. Vile and heartless people slaughtered the young women who went to celebrate the holiday. Our only enemy is terrorism, which raises its head. “Terrorists must be caught and not left alive,” said Shlomo Neman, chairman of the Yesha Council, which brings together all settlements in the occupied West Bank.
According to the MDA’s preliminary report, paramedics “declared death. Two women in their 20s and he gave medical treatment to a 45-year-old multi-system woman who is in serious condition,” and was transferred to the Hadasah hospital in Jerusalem.
“When we got there, we saw an Israeli vehicle, three injured women, and a Palestinian vehicle. Two young women in their 20s were taken out of the vehicle. They were unconscious, out of pulse, unable to breathe, and had multiple system injuries. After medical examinations at the scene, they were determined to be dead.” explained one paramedic.
The army, on the other hand, after receiving the report of “a traffic accident between a Palestinian and an Israeli vehicle”, said that its troops went to the scene and “Multiple bullet holes in Israeli vehicle‘, so they concluded that ‘the accident was actually a gun attack’.
According to a military spokesman, Israeli soldiers blocked roads in the region as part of their search for those responsible.
tension escalation
This action matches Tensions escalate between Israelis and PalestiniansIt continued with significant exchanges of fire with Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, which began on Wednesday with clashes between police and worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
No Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the three settlers, but the Islamist group HamasA natural reaction to the crimes of occupation in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the barbaric attack on Lebanon and the unyielding Gaza“.
More than 60 shells from Gaza and 36 from Lebanon have been fired on Israeli territory since Wednesday, while Israel has bombed targets of the Palestinian Islamist movement. Hamas both in the Strip and on Lebanese territory.
In parallel, tensions continue to be high in the occupied West Bank. There had already been an armed attack on an Israeli soldier this morning. who was slightly injured.
All this takes place in Jerusalem, a particularly tense day of Passover (Jewish Passover) and the third Friday of Ramadan, which coincides with Good Friday, as hundreds of thousands of Muslims go to pray at Masjid al-Aqsa, where small services are held this morning. . events with the police.