October 29, 2022
Attack occurred near home of MK Itamar Ben-Gvir.
By David Hellerman, World Israel News
Five people were injured when a Palestinian opened fire on an army checkpoint in Kiryat Arba, near Hebron on Saturday night.
The terrorist was shot and killed by a civilian guard. Four Israelis and a Palestinian were injured. One of the injured Israelis, a man in his 60s, is listed in critical condition at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center. Hebrew media indicated that his condition is worsening.
Two other victims also sent to Hadassah were reported lightly injured, while a third being treated at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital was reported in serious but stable condition. A 37-year-old Palestinian man is being treated in the Palestinian Authority.
The IDF said it is searching the area for possible additional suspects.
MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, a resident of Kiryat Arba, tweeted that his home had been targeted.
“My family is currently secured [as we come] under a shooting attack on our home. We’re listening to the instructions from security forces.” he wrote on Twitter.
However, he told Israel’s Channel 12 News that he himself wasn’t home at the time of the attack, and the IDF later concluded that his home Kiryat Arba’s Givat Ha’avot neighborhood was not targeted by the terrorist.
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