Israeli woman in her 40s shot dead near Hebron; male companion listed as being in critical condition.
By World Israel News Staff
An Israeli woman was murdered in a terror shooting attack on Route 60, near Hebron, in Judea and Samaria on Monday morning.
According to Hebrew-language media, two Israeli motorists were struck by gunfire from a passing vehicle at the Beit Hagai junction, south of Hebron.
The victims were reported to be a man and a woman in their 40s.
The woman died of her wounds several minutes after the shooting, while the man was listed as being in critical condition.
The Magen David Adom emergency medical service treated the wounded at the scene, the group said in a media statement.
Security forces, including IDF troops, are engaged in a manhunt to locate the terrorists. The perpetrators apparently successfully fled the scene following the terror attack.
In footage circulating on social media from the scene, a long line of cars is stopped on a two-lane road near the shooting.
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Heavily armed security forces are seen walking near a vehicle, which appears to be the car in which the victims were traveling.
The shooting on Monday morning comes after a string of terror attacks against Israeli civilians in in recent days.
On Saturday, an Israeli father and son were murdered in the Palestinian Authority-administered enclave of Huwara. The pair had reportedly traveled to the town to repair a car.
On Sunday evening, an Israeli motorist mistakenly drove into the PA town of Turmus Ayya. He was confronted by an angry mob and had to be extracted by the IDF.
The Israeli man was lightly wounded by a stone thrown at him by a local. A mob then set his car on fire.
“As the forces and the civilian left the town, a riot developed, during which several suspects threw a burning object and threw stones,” the IDF said in a statement.
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