Wadi al-Haramiya shooting
Wadi al-Haramiya shooting | |
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Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
Native name | הפיגוע בוואדי חרמיה (2024) |
Location | Wadi al-Haramiya, Benjamin Mountains, West Bank |
Coordinates | 32°00′05″N 35°09′04″E / 32.0015°N 35.1512°E |
Date | January 7, 2024 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 3 Civilians |
Injured | 3, including two gunmen |
No. of participants | 2 |
On 7 January 2024, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a civilian vehicle moving along "The British Police cross section" between Route 60 and Route 465 near Wadi al-Haramiya. He targeted a vehicle with an Israeli license plate, killing a 30-year-old Arab-Israeli man from East Jerusalem.[1] A woman, also a resident of East Jerusalem, was severely injured, and died from her wounds two weeks later.[2]
Attack
[edit]At 7:27 in the morning of 7 January 2024, a drive-by shooting towards a civilian vehicle with an Israeli registration plate occurred on Wadi al-Haramiya. Half an hour later the victim was identified as Amar Mansur, an Arab-Israeli. The police later declared the attack was a terror attack. Dr. Lara Tannous, a pharmacist from East Jerusalem was seriously injured and died from her injuries on January 25.[1][2]
Aftermath
[edit]Israeli police opened fire at two suspects at a West Bank checkpoint, hitting the two suspects and a police officer, as well as killing a four-year-old Palestinian girl in an adjacent vehicle.[3]
That night, Yamam forces arrested two doctors and a nurse in Ramallah as suspects of helping the shooters.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Israeli Arab murdered in West Bank terror shooting attack". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b "Lara Tannous". Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ Lidman, Melanie (2024-01-07). "Young Palestinian girl killed when Israeli police fire at suspected attackers in West Bank unrest". AP News. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Two doctors and male nurse arrested in Ramallah over Binyamin shooting attack". www.israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- Mass shootings in the State of Palestine
- 2024 mass shootings in Asia
- Palestinian political violence
- Domestic reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- January 2024 crimes in Asia
- Drive-by shootings
- West Bank in the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 murders in the State of Palestine
- Terrorist incidents in the West Bank in 2024
- 2024 road incidents in Asia
- Road incidents in the State of Palestine
- Terrorist attacks in the Israel–Hamas war