Draft:2025 al-Funduq shooting
| 2025 al-Funduq shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Al-Funduq, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine |
| Date | 6 January 2025 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrator | Two Palestinian gunmen[1] |
On 6 January 2024, three Palestinian gunman carried out a shooting attack on a bus and two cars in al-Funduq, northern West Bank.
Background
[edit]Tensions between Israel and the occupied West Bank have steadily increased since the 7 October 2023 attacks.
Attack
[edit]Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli bus and two cars traveling along Highway 55 in al-Funduq. One Israeli police officer and two Israeli women were killed with eight others wounded.[2][3]
The attackers fled the scene thereafter and the Israel Defense Forces launched a manhunt to locate them.
Perpetrators
[edit]The three Palestinian gunmen were from the Jenin area in the northern West Bank.[3]
Aftermath
[edit]In response to the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that he approved operations for capturing attackers and a series of additional defensive and offensive operations in West Bank.[4][5] Following the attack, multiple reports emerged of Israeli settler retaliatory attacks against Palestinians in parts of the occupied West Bank.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Three Israelis killed in shooting attack in occupied West Bank". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Three Israelis killed in shooting attack in occupied West Bank". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ a b Fabian, Emanuel. "3 Israelis killed, 8 wounded in West Bank terror shooting; IDF hunting for gunmen". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank kills 3". Associated Press. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ "3 Israelis killed, 8 wounded in West Bank terror shooting; IDF hunting for gunmen". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Nasser, Max Saltman, Mike Schwartz, Irene (2025-01-06). "Occupied West Bank rocked by day of violence as gunmen kill three Israeli settlers and reprisal attacks reported". CNN. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
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