STORY: 1 Israeli killed, 1 injured in drive-by shooting in West Bank
DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:50
LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Israeli army checking the location of the incident
2. various of Israeli soldiers closing the roads of Hebron

STORYLINE:

An Israeli woman was killed, and a man was badly injured on Monday by a Palestinian gunman in a drive-by attack in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military.

The couple was fatally shot by the gunman from a passing vehicle while driving a car outside the Jewish settlement of Beit Hagai, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the military said in a statement.

The woman in her 40s died shortly after sustaining deadly gunshot wounds, and the injured man, also in his 40s, was taken to a hospital in serious condition, Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said in a statement.

A six-year-old girl was also in the car but sustained no injuries, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported.

The military said a manhunt for the suspect is underway, and "blockades have been set up in the area."

The incident occurred amid a flare-up of tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank. On Saturday last week, an Israeli father and his son were shot dead in a car wash near the Palestinian town of Hawara. The killing followed an Israeli military raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, during which Israeli forces killed a Palestinian militant and shot a health worker.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ramallah, Palestine.
(XHTV)