Two Israelis were killed in another Palestinian terror attack in the northern West Bank

two israeli died this Sunday in a shooting in the northern West Bankamid high tension and as violence has continued to escalate in the region for weeks, Israeli medical services reported.

He filming happened on a road in a town in the area of ​​the Palestinian city of Nablusin the northern West Bank, when a terrorist arrived at a crossroads and ‘opened fire on an Israeli vehicle there’the Israeli army said in a statement.

A joint text from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gviralso confirmed thattwo Israeli civilians were killed in a Palestinian terror attack”.

The victims, two men in their twentieswere seriously injured and pronounced dead soon after when they were taken to hospital, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom (MDA) Emergency Medical Service told EFE.

Israeli forces are looking for the attacker, who managed to flee. The area of ​​the incident, close to Nablus – one of the main centers of Palestinian armed resistance – is an area where Palestinians – both individually and local militias – have carried out attacks in recent months against settlers and Israeli forces.

according to the newspaper Ha’aretz, the attacker wore a T-shirt with the Lions Den badge. This is a new Palestinian militia from Nablus that last year carried out attacks against Israelis and was also the target of Israeli retaliatory operations. These raids killed some of its members and leaders, mostly young people from the city and its surroundings.

Today’s attack also comes shortly after an Israeli military raid on central Nablus on Wednesday left 11 Palestinians dead, including six militants and several civilians.

In turn, the current peak of violence It led to the most violent start to the year in the region since 2000.

(With information from EFE and AFP)

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