One person killed in checkpoint shooting near Jerusalem, Israeli police say
Al JazeeraIsraeli police say officers shoot two of the gunmen, and a third tries to escape but is found and arrested. At least one person has been killed and eight wounded when three Palestinian gunmen opened fire at motorists near an Israeli checkpoint near occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police say. Israeli police said the attackers took advantage of slow-moving morning traffic on the central highway east of Jerusalem near the Maale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank and opened fire with automatic weapons at cars waiting near a checkpoint. “Our enemies know that any harm to us will lead to more construction and more development and more of our control across the entire country.” Tensions in the occupied West Bank have been exacerbated since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7 following Hamas attacks that killed 1,139 people, according to Israeli figures. Reporting from occupied East Jerusalem, Al Jazeera’s Willem Marx said the attack is an “indication of the frustration that many people inside the occupied West Bank and those facing challenges around access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque are feeling at this very, very fraught time”.