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One person killed, another injured in shooting in southern Israel: hospital
“A short time ago, two people injured in a shooting incident on Route 4 were taken to the hospital. One patient died on the way to the hospital,” Assuta Hospital said in a statement.
JERUSALEM: One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting incident near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on Tuesday, a hospital said.
“A short time ago, two people injured in a shooting incident on Route 4 were taken to the hospital. One patient died on the way to the hospital,” Assuta Hospital said in a statement.
Police said officers were at the scene of the shooting near the Yavne South interchange, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the Israeli commercial hub of Tel Aviv.
“The circumstances surrounding the incident are still being investigated, and the motive has not yet been established,” police said in a statement. The shooting comes just days after a series of knife attacks in four separate locations in the central city of Hadera on Wednesday left one person dead and five injured. The attacker was “neutralised” before being arrested.
Palestinian militant group Hamas later praised the attack, saying it was a “heroic knife attack action” and called for “more painful attacks against the occupation”.
And earlier this month, seven people were killed in a shooting and knife attack by Hamas in Tel Aviv.
Palestinian militants have carried out a number of attacks on Israelis since October 7 last year, when Hamas attacked southern Israel, sparking a war in Gaza.
