Israeli settler killed in gun attack in occupied West Bank

Illustrative photo: near the village of Beita, in the West Bank (October 2021).

AP - Nasser Nasser

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A young Israeli settler died, and two others were injured this Thursday, December 16, in an attack in the Palestinian Territories of the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army announces that it is looking for a Palestinian, but does not indicate the exact number of attackers.

Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip, does not claim responsibility for the attack, but hails a " 

" gesture, a "

 ".

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday evening, three young Israeli students leave their yeshiva, their religious school for Torah studies, located at an outpost in the northern occupied West Bank.

An outpost is an illegal settlement even under Israeli law.

On the road, their car received several shots.

According to the Israeli army, more than a dozen bullets were fired.

Of the three young men, one is seriously injured.

A doctor from the Israeli emergency services explains that he tried to resuscitate him, in vain.

This young settler, who

, was in his twenties.

The driver and other passenger of the vehicle suffered minor injuries caused by shards of glass.

Immediately after the attack, the IDF launched a massive search operation.

Army soldiers, special forces and even a reserve unit have been deployed to this area of ​​the northern occupied West Bank, near the Palestinian city of Nablus.

This attack follows several others carried out in recent weeks in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

In recent weeks, several knife attacks have indeed targeted Israelis.

But the IDF explains: “ 

 "

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