HIGHLIGHTS
- A Palestinian opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem on October 8 night
- The gunman killed a female Israeli soldier and wounding 3 other people, said Israeli authorities
- Attack came hours after pair of Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli military raid
A Palestinian opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem on Saturday (October 8) night, killing a female Israeli soldier and wounding three other people, Israeli authorities said.
The attack came hours after a pair of Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.
It was the latest bloodshed in the deadliest round of fighting in the area in seven years. It also came less than 24 hours before Israel was to begin celebrating the weeklong Sukkot holiday, a time when tens of thousands of Jews visit the holy city.
Saturday night’s shooting occurred at a checkpoint near the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem. Police said the assailant got out of a car and opened fire, seriously wounding the female soldier and a security guard before running into the camp. The army announced early Sunday that the woman, who was 19, had died.
