Israeli shot dead in lone wolf attack
(MENAFN- Arab News) JERUSALEM: A Palestinian opened fire on two Israeli men near a West Bank settlement on Friday killing one and wounding the other authorities said in what appeared to be a lone-wolf attack.
Israeli Army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said a 'Palestinian approached a vehicle that was in the area and asked them to stop... and shot the two from close range.'
A spokeswoman at Sheba Hospital near Tel Aviv confirmed that one of the men had died and the other was lightly wounded.
The attacker fled prompting a manhunt.
Media named the dead as Danny Gonen a 25-year-old from the central Israeli city of Lod. Lerner said that Gonen and his friend also from Lod had been hiking in the area.
The incident occurred near the Dolev settlement according to Israel's emergency medical service Magen David Adom which said the victims were in their 20s.
The army said the two men were in a car at the time of the shooting which took place northwest of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Twitter that 'the evidence on the ground indicates this was a terror attack and we're working to find the perpetrator.'
Israeli Army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said a 'Palestinian approached a vehicle that was in the area and asked them to stop... and shot the two from close range.'
A spokeswoman at Sheba Hospital near Tel Aviv confirmed that one of the men had died and the other was lightly wounded.
The attacker fled prompting a manhunt.
Media named the dead as Danny Gonen a 25-year-old from the central Israeli city of Lod. Lerner said that Gonen and his friend also from Lod had been hiking in the area.
The incident occurred near the Dolev settlement according to Israel's emergency medical service Magen David Adom which said the victims were in their 20s.
The army said the two men were in a car at the time of the shooting which took place northwest of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Twitter that 'the evidence on the ground indicates this was a terror attack and we're working to find the perpetrator.'
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