Israel: Six injured in shooting incident in Ma'ale Adumim, suspect shot dead

At least six people were injured, two of them seriously, in a shooting incident in Israel's Ma'ale Adumim city on Tuesday (August 1). Palestinian health officials said one Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces after committing a shooting attack, which took place outside a shopping mall in the occupied West Bank.

According to Israeli emergency services, two of the six Israelis were in serious condition. They said that one of the victims was 14 years old.

A Border Police officer heard gunfire and shouting near the settlement's shopping mall. They rushed to the scene to search for the "terrorist".

"The terrorist started shooting at the officer," police said. They further added that he engaged and killed the gunman.

Israeli paramedic Oren Brill said, "We went into the restaurant where we saw the victim lying fully conscious with gunshot wounds to his upper body."

"We provided him with life-saving treatment and rapidly evacuated him to a hospital in a serious condition. Following an initial assessment in the trauma room, he was transferred to the operating room," Brill added.

Video of the incident circulating on social media showed the shooter still on the ground. He was wearing a bright yellow vest and blood appeared to seep down the sidewalk beneath his body.

The news agency Reuters reported that the Hamas militant organisation, which governs the Gaza Strip, said the attack was a response to Israeli officials ascending to Temple Mount in Jerusalem last week.

The legal status of the religious site, known to Judaism as the Temple Mount and in Islam as the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, is a recurring flashpoint in Israeli-Palestinian relations.

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