Israeli man seriously injured, 2 daughters lightly hurt in West Bank terror shooting

An Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded, and his two daughters were lightly hurt, in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday morning, the military and medics said.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the Palestinian gunman or gunmen opened fire from a passing vehicle at the victim’s car on a highway near the settlement of Tekoa, south of Bethlehem and about 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Jerusalem.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said its medics were taking a 35-year-old man to the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, in serious but stable condition.

MDA said the man’s two daughters, aged 9 and 14, were also taken to Shaare Zedek, for light injuries as a result of shrapnel.

The IDF said troops had launched a pursuit after suspects.

During the past year, Palestinian gunmen have repeatedly targeted military posts, troops operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements and civilians on the roads.

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been high across the West Bank for the past year and a half, with the military carrying out near-nightly raids, amid a series of deadly Palestinian terror attacks.