Another attack in the West Bank: near the Palestinian city of Jericho, an Israeli was killed on Monday. The US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, wrote on Twitter that it was a US citizen. Dual citizenship is possible between Israel and the USA. The young man was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition and died there.
According to the Israeli army, the incident happened at an intersection on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. The man is said to have been fatally injured when several vehicles were fired upon. A second vehicle was damaged in the attack, but there were no other injuries. According to media reports, the perpetrator was able to escape and fled in the direction of Jericho.
The army had previously increased its presence in the West Bank in the face of a recent escalation. After a Palestinian attack in which two Israelis were killed, Israeli settlers rioted there on Sunday evening. One Palestinian was killed and hundreds injured. Dozens of houses, shops and cars were set on fire.
Since the beginning of the year, 13 Israelis and one Ukrainian have been killed in Palestinian attacks. In the same period, 63 Palestinians lost their lives – they were killed, for example, in confrontations with the Israeli army or in their own attacks. Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. More than 600,000 Israeli settlers live there today. The Palestinians claim the territories for an independent state of Palestine with the Arab-influenced eastern part of Jerusalem as the capital.