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Update: 6/30/2015 6:15 pm

by Nir Hasson for Haaretz

An Israeli man died Tuesday from critical wounds sustained a day earlier in a drive-by shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Shvut Rachel.

Malakhi Moshe Rosenfeld, 27, and three others were wounded in the attack; the others victims sustained moderate injuries. Rosenfeld was shot in the torso, and was taken in for surgery overnight at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he later succumbed to his wounds.

The other victims remain hospitalized, but in stable condition. One is being treated at Shaare Zedek and the other two are at the Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem.

Initially, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack, but reports later surfaced indicating that the organization Fatah al-Intifada also claimed responsibility.

According to Palestinian officials, the Fatah al-Intifada group broke off from Fatah during the 1980's, and is mostly based in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, making it unlikely that it has a significant presence in the West Bank.

It is difficult to tell to which group the attackers belong, as they managed to flee the scene, later declaring that they intend to continue their armed struggle.

Avi Roeh, head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, as well as the Yesha Council, said Tuesday night that "this incident is the latest incident in a slew of sever terror attacks that began with the start of Ramadan. We hope that security forces will draws the necessary conclusions and ensure that things go back to normal. We will not tolerate daily threats here."

On Monday, a female Israeli soldier was seriously wounded in a stabbing at the Rachel Crossing, leading from south Jerusalem to Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem.
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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli medical sources have reported that four settlers have been injured, one seriously, late on Monday, in a shooting attack carried out at the Shvut Rachel Junction, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The sources said two of the wounded, one who suffered a serious injury and another in a moderate condition, were moved to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The two other wounded persons, who suffered moderate injuries, were moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem Medical Center, in Jerusalem.

Israeli Ynet News said the four wounded Israelis are in their twenties, and that they were shot in their upper and lower bodies.

Israeli daily Haaretz said the seriously wounded man, 27 years of age, is currently in the Intensive Care Unit, after doctors performed a surgery overnight; he suffered a gunshot injury to his torso.

Following the shooting, Israeli soldiers installed roadblocks, before hundreds of soldiers and including undercover units, initiated a large search campaign in the area.

The Ynet said the attack was carried out by Palestinian fighters, who “either conducted a drive-by shooting, or ambushed the setters, before fleeing the scene with the help on an escape car.”

Clashes also took place between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths in different areas of the Nablus district.

On Monday morning, a female Israeli soldier was injured after being stabbed in the neck, at the main crossing, near the Rachel Tomb, north of Bethlehem.

The army said it arrested a young Palestinian woman, identified as Maisoon Mousa from Bethlehem, and “located two knives” she reportedly carried in her bag.

According to the army, Mousa admitted to carrying out the attack, and that she went to the crossing “intending to kill a soldier.” It also said initial investigations indicate she acted on her own.