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Scene of the shooting attack in the northern West Bank near the settlement of Hamra. Credit: Screenshot from MDA video. Published by Haaretz

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Police chief calls on Israelis with a gun license to carry their weapon after the attack, which was first reported as a traffic collision before bullet traces were found in the car in which the three Israelis were found

by Josh Breiner for Haaretz
Apr 7, 2023 11:36 am IDT

Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother critically wounded in a shooting attack in the northern West Bank, the military said on Friday.

One of the sisters was 15, and the other in her 20s, while their mother is 48. The family were immigrants from the United Kingdom. According to reports, a Palestinian man was also wounded in the incident.


The military said forces were searching for suspects in the shooting in the area surrounding the nearby settlement of Hamra.

The mayor of the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Oded Revivi, said in a statement that the three women were residents of the settlement, which lies south of Jerusalem. According to Revivi, the father of the family was travelling in a separate car just ahead, and was present as first responders provided emergency aid to his wife and daughters.
The incident was first reported as a traffic collision between the car in which the three women were found in and a Palestinian-owned car, but this assessment was changed after bullet holes were found in the Israelis' car.

Hamas issued a statement on Friday praising the attack, and warned Israel "against its continued aggression against our Palestinian people and Al-Aqsa Mosque."
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Two Israelis Killed, One Injured In Jordan Valley

by IMEMC News
April 7, 2023

According to emerging reports by Israeli media outlets, two Israeli women were killed, and one was injured in a shooting incident in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.

The reports indicated that emergency teams found three Israeli women with signs of gunshot wounds on them in the northern part of the Jordan Valley of the West Bank.

The reports added that the three women were in a car that came under gunfire and said that the army initiated a massive search campaign to locate the persons behind the shooting.

Two of the wounded injured, in their twenties, succumbed to their critical wounds and were officially declared dead at the scene, and one, in her forties, is in critical condition.
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The attack comes against the backdrop of rising tensions at Israel's borders and in East Jerusalem. On Thursday night, the Israeli military attacked targets in Gaza and Lebanon amid rocket fire into Israeli communities surrounding the Gaza Strip.

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