Five Wounded in Sabbath Eve Terrorist Shooting

Jerusalem, 16 February, 2024 (TPS) -- A terrorist opened fire on people at a bus stop at major highway intersection in central Israel Friday afternoon, wounding five people, including one soldier.

While authorities confirmed that the terrorist was “neutralized” when he was shot by a soldier who was at the scene of the attack, a TPS photographer took video footage from the scene of the attack showing the terrorist lying dead in front of the bus stop.

The soldier who shot the terrorist was reported to have been lightly wounded.

Five of the victims were treated and evacuated to area hospitals by Magen David Adom medics.

Four of those evacuated were sent to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. These included a 65-year-old woman is in moderate condition, a 20-year-old man in serious condition, a 16-year-old boy in serious condition, and a 65-year-old man in serious condition.

A 20-year-old man was in critical condition while CPR is being performed.

The fourth victim was in serious condition and was sent to Assuta Hospital in Ashdod.

MDA reported that three of the victims had “significant upper body injuries.”

Large police forces are searching for a suspected accomplice who brought the terrorist to the scene.

The Bne Re’em Junction is located north of Beer-Sheva and was especially busy on a Friday afternoon as people travel ahead of Shabbat.

“We quickly arrived at the scene with large forces. The sight was very difficult. We saw gunshot wounds lying down with some of them unconscious. We immediately performed first aid for the wounded,” said MDA official Nachum David.