An Israeli was killed and several others were wounded in a shooting targeting a bus bounded for occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) in the West Bank late Wednesday night.
The bus was shot up by a Palestinian gunman at a junction by the Palestinian town of al-Khader.
The killed Israeli was a 10-year-old boy who was brought in critical condition to a hospital and then was declared dead early on Thursday, Israeli media reported.
Three others were injured, including one moderately, according to The Times of Israel (TOI).
A video clip filmed shortly after the shooting showed passengers fleeing the bus after it arrived at the checkpoint, as Israeli occupation forces there rushed toward the vehicle amid the sound of gunfire.
It was not clear from the footage where all the shots emanated from.
Israeli occupation forces launched a hunt for the attacker, encircling Bethlehem’s entrances.At least three settlers injured, some critically, after shooting in al-Quds, occupied West Bank pic.twitter.com/sh5HncK1Yp
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The occupation authorities then declared that he turned himself in, “amid their pursuit of the gunman and exertion of military pressure in the area,” according to TOIThe Israeli occupation forces closed a number of entrances to the city of Bethlehem, following the shooting operation that led to the killing of a settler and the injury of three others at the Beit Al-Quds & #Bethlehem tunnel checkpoint.pic.twitter.com/qM3ZzjHK7A #Westbank…
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