Military says troops searching for second suspect who fled scene near Beit El; victim hurt while sitting in sukkah.
Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the West Bank settlement of Beit El on Friday night, lightly wounding an Israeli man who was sitting in a sukkah in his yard, celebrating the festival of Sukkot, the military and medics said.
The Israel Defense Forces said an alleged Palestinian gunman was shot dead by Israeli troops who were operating in the area as he attempted to flee the scene.
The Magen David Adom ambulance said its medics treated a 25-year-old man.
“I heard the sounds of gunfire and at the same time as I received a report about the wounded person who was literally a few houses away from me,” first responder Snir Bruchi said.
“He was sitting in the sukkah in the yard fully conscious and suffered an injury to his upper body,” the MDA medic added, referring to a temporary abode that religious Jews move into during the holiday of Sukkot.
The IDF said troops were searching the area for a second suspect who managed to flee the scene.
The two gunmen apparently opened fire at the settlement from a nearby hill, close to the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
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