OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
An Israeli soldier was killed and eight others were injured on Thursday morning in a shooting attack carried out by three Palestinian young men at a military checkpoint near Al-Zayim town, east of Occupied Jerusalem. Two of the wounded were critically injured.
Hebrew media sources confirmed the killing of one soldier and the critical condition of the two injured.
Three Palestinian young men carried out the shooting attack east of Occupied Jerusalem before they were killed by Israeli police officers.
According to Hurriya News, the heroic fighters were identified as Muhammad and Kazem Zawahra of Al-Ta’amra town, east of Bethlehem, and Ahmed Al-Wahsh from Zaatara, south of Bethlehem.
The youths arrived in a car near the said checkpoint, and opened fire at the Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli army radio had earlier announced the injury of nine soldiers, including three in critical condition in a shooting attack at a military checkpoint east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli media reported that three fighters opened fire on Israeli vehicles, taking advantage of a traffic jam, and engaged in armed clashes with settlers, using M16 automatic weapons.
The three resistance fighters were killed. The Highway No. 1 and the entrances to the towns and villages leading to Al-Zayim checkpoint were blocked, as large reinforcements were summoned to the site.
Al-Zayim checkpoint is one of the largest military barriers in the vicinity of Occupied Jerusalem. It is heavily fortified by Israeli army and is located on Road No. 1, which connects to the city of Tel Aviv.
The shooting attack comes in response to the Israeli ongoing genocidal crimes in Gaza along with intensified incursions, arrests, and killings in the occupied West Bank, and in support of the resistance.
