10 Israelis Dead, Wounded in Shooting near Kedumim Settlement East of Qalqilya

At slightest 3 Israelis were killed successful a shooting cognition successful Kedumim,. (Photo: video grab)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A shooting adjacent the Kedumim amerciable colony successful the bluish West Bank killed 3 Israelis and injured seven, prompting wide Israeli subject searches and beardown governmental reactions.

The Israeli exigency services person confirmed the decease of 3 radical successful a shooting cognition adjacent the Kedumim settlement, eastbound of Qalqilya successful the bluish West Bank.

Israeli media reported that the victims were 2 women and a man, each of whom were traveling successful 2 backstage cars. The incidental besides resulted successful the wounded of 8 others, 1 of them critically.

Israeli subject vigor cited a information root stating that the cognition was carried retired by 3 equipped Palestinians who opened occurrence connected a autobus and respective cars.

Local Palestinian platforms broadcasted footage from the country of the shooting, reporting that the incidental occurred adjacent the colony of al-Funduq, eastbound of the occupied metropolis of Qalqilya.

🚨ISRAELI AMBULANCE SERVICES: The Israeli ambulance announced the sidesplitting of 3 Israelis and the wounding of 7 others successful a shooting cognition adjacent the Kedumim colony successful the bluish West Bank. pic.twitter.com/ZUzi1frJ3w

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Israeli concern forces were deployed to the tract of the onslaught and launched a wide hunt cognition for the attackers. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli service closed the entrances to Qalqilya and respective towns successful the bluish West Bank, arsenic good arsenic a main roadworthy linking Nablus and Qalqilya.

They added that the service had sent further subject reinforcements to the colony of Al-Funduq and began searching for evidence, including surveillance camera footage successful the municipality and neighboring villages.

Sources told Al-Jazeera that amerciable Israeli Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles adjacent the colony of Burin, southbound of Nablus, pursuing the Kedumim attack.

The sources besides confirmed that Israeli forces detained respective workers from a mill successful the colony of Imatin, eastbound of Qalqilya, aft the attack.

Reactions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented connected the attack, saying: “We volition scope the killers and clasp them accountable, on with anyone who assisted them. No 1 volition beryllium spared.”

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that “terrorism successful the West Bank, Gaza, and Iran is the aforesaid and indispensable beryllium defeated.” He called for an “urgent authorities league to alteration the attack and destruct coercion successful the West Bank.”

Meanwhile, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said: “Those seeking to extremity the warfare successful Gaza volition get a warfare successful the West Bank.” He demanded that Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen “treat Jenin and Nablus similar Shujaiya and Beit Hanoun.”

🚨BREAKING: 3 killed, 8 injured successful shooting onslaught connected Route 55 adjacent Al-Funduq (between Karnei Shomron & Kedumim). Bus operator earnestly wounded, 2 moderate, 5 mild injuries. pic.twitter.com/DbKLOZAO4j

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that “those pursuing Hamas’s way successful Gaza and supporting the sidesplitting and harm of Jews” would “pay a dense price.” He said that helium had instructed the service “to enactment powerfully wherever the killers are heading.”

On the different hand, Israeli absorption person Yair Lapid addressed the ministers, saying: “You are the government, and you are starring Israel from 1 catastrophe to another.”

Failed Tactics

Since the opening of Israel’s genocidal warfare connected Gaza, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives since October 7, 2023, the Israeli service and settlers person escalated their unit successful the West Bank, sidesplitting and wounding thousands portion arresting implicit 11,000 Palestinians.

The Israeli subject assaults and settler-led pogroms person provoked a beardown effect from Palestinian absorption groups, particularly successful the bluish West Bank towns and exile camps.

25 Days of Palestinian Authority Violence – What is Happening successful Jenin?

Under Israeli pressure, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has besides participated successful efforts to suppress the resistance. While PA unit has chiefly focused connected the Jenin exile camp, PA information forces person carried retired raids successful different Palestinian areas crossed the West Bank.

This latest onslaught comes successful the aftermath of this Israeli-PA crackdown, raising questions astir the effectiveness of specified convulsive tactics, which person failed to execute immoderate strategical triumph for Israel successful Gaza arsenic well, contempt 15 months of ongoing genocide.

(PC, AJA)