JERUSALEM: A Palestinian gunman wanted by Israel for a lethal Oct. 8 attack at a Jerusalem checkpoint was killed on Wednesday while carrying out another shooting outside a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said.
Guards at the entrance to Maale Adumim, one whom was wounded in the incident, fired back, killing the gunman, police said.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid (pix) identified him as responsible for killing a soldier and wounding three others in the earlier attack at a checkpoint near Shuafat, a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
There was no immediate comment from Palestinian authorities on the incident.
Following the Oct. 8 attack, police blockaded Shuafatfor days as they searched for the gunman, setting off violent protests in a community that Israel counts as part of its Jerusalem municipality but where residents complain of overcrowding and systematic neglect.
Tensions have deepened since Israeli forces began a crackdown in the West Bank in late March following a series of street attacks by Palestinians in Israel that killed 19 people. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed this year, most since the army launched its operation. -Reuters
