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Betsheva Nigri, 40. Published by IMEMC News

The scene of the suspected shooting attack in the West Bank, on Monday. Published by Haaretz
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by IMEMC News
Aug 21, 2023

On Monday, a 40-year-old Israeli woman was shot and killed while driving near the Palestinian city of al-Khalil, in the West Bank’s southern part. Another passenger in the vehicle, an adult male, was wounded, while a six-year-old child in the car was not harmed.

Update: The Israeli woman killed in the shooting has been identified as Betsheva Nigri, 40, while another Israeli, Aryeh Gottleib, 39, was seriously injured. Nigri was from the Beit Haggai illegal colony, in the southern Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday that the army arrested two young Palestinian men, both relatives from Hebron, who were believed to be behind the shooting and said in a social media post that the army will continue to “pursue and arrest Israel’s enemies…”

A joint statement by the Shin Bet, Israeli Border Police, and the Israeli Army confirmed the arrest of the two Palestinians and said they were moved to an interrogation facility run by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

During the invasion and the arrests, the Israeli army said it located and confiscated several weapons.

The army said the two did not resist the soldiers who abducted them. One of them, believed to be the one who killed the Israeli settler woman, has been identified as Saqer Shanteer.

It also said the gun reportedly used in the attack was located and confiscated, adding that the car the Palestinians used in the shooting was found burnt near Halhoul town, north of Hebron.

The gun used in the attack was also apprehended and the car that was allegedly used by the terrorists in their attack was found burned in the near-by city of Halhul.

Israeli military sources issued a statement claiming that two Israelis were shot from a passing vehicle.

Israeli forces closed all Palestinian roads in the area and implemented checkpoints, causing serious travel delays for the Palestinian population of the southern West Bank.

The wounded man was taken to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheva), and, according to medical sources, is in serious condition.

First Published on: Aug 21, 2023 at 12:40
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Israel Arrests Two Palestinians Suspected of Carrying Out Fatal West Bank Terror Attack

Two Hebron men arrested for involvement in shooting attack that killed Batsheva Nigri, a mother of three and kindergarten teacher from the settlement of Beit Hagai

by Hagar ShezafYaniv Kubovich
Aug 22, 2023 6:30 am IDT

Israel arrested two Palestinians in Hebron on Tuesday morning on suspicion of carrying out the terror attack on Monday in which an Israeli woman was killed and another man was injured.

According to Israeli security forces, the suspects, who hailed from Hebron, implicated themselves in the attack during preliminary questioning. After their arrest, the weapon that was apparently used in the attack was handed over.

Also on Tuesday morning, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered to deny the families of the suspects entry permits to Israel.

Batsheva Nigri, a mother of three and kindergarten teacher from the settlement of Beit Hagai, was killed in Monday’s attack. She was laid to rest at the cemetery at Kfar Etzion settlement on Monday night.

Speaking at the scene of the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel “is in the middle of a terror attack that is encouraged, guided and funded by Iran and its satellite states.”

Israel, he said, would employ measures to settle the score with the attackers and those who sent them, from near and far.

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