4 Israelis injured in West Bank shooting

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

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 settlers, before fleeing the scene with the help on an escape car.”