Israeli authorities have arrested at least three Palestinians in connection with a deadly attack on an Israeli military checkpoint on Saturday evening.
Israeli police are still searching for the suspected gunman in Saturday’s attack, which killed an 18-year-old soldier and wounded three others. The Israel Defense Forces have identified the dead soldier as Noa Lazar.
“Our hearts tonight are with the injured and their families,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid said. “Terrorism will not defeat us. We are also strong in this difficult afternoon.”
“We will not be silent, and we will not rest until we bring the abominable killers to justice,” he added.
HISTORY WOKEN THIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH PALESTINIANS ACCUSED OF ERASERING HISTORY
Israeli security forces patrol near the scene of a shooting near the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Israeli police say gunmen opened fire on a point of Israeli military checkpoint in East Jerusalem and seriously injured at least two people. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Armed Palestinians carry the body of Mahmoud Al-Sous, draped with a flag of the Islamic Jihad militant group, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Saturday in an exchange of fire that broke out during a military incursion into the West Bank. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed)
ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS IT HAS NOT PUBLICLY ASKED FOR A Ceasefire, SAYS APPROACH IS ‘RELAXED.’
Tensions have risen in Israel and the West Bank in the days since the end of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Four Palestinian teenagers have been killed in Israeli operations in the West Bank since Friday.
Two of the teenagers were killed during an exchange of fire with Israeli forces on Saturday. IDF soldiers reportedly surrounded a house in the West Bank in an effort to capture a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead as Mahmoud al-Sous, 18, and Ahmad Daraghmeh, 16.
Israeli security forces gather during clashes with Palestinian protesters at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since 1967.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
