Fatality named as Staff Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir; Hamas claims responsibility for attack near Kedumim, west of Nablus, says it was a response to major IDF operation in Jenin this week

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IDF soldier killed in West Bank shooting attack; troops kill the Palestinian gunman
Emanuel Fabian
July 6, 2023

An Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian gunman near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim on Thursday afternoon, the military and medics said. The IDF later named the fatality as Staff Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, 22, of the Givati Brigade, from the northern town of Meirav…According to the Israel Defense Forces’ initial probe of the attack, security forces were alerted of the presence of a suspicious car driving around the settlement. When a civilian security officer and IDF troops arrived at the scene and stopped a car for inspection, its occupant fired at them with a handgun and fled. The forces then chased the assailant and killed him. READ MORE

ISRAEL HAYOM IDF names soldier killed during Jenin operation An Israeli soldier was killed during operations in the Jenin refugee camp late Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. He was identified as Sergeant David Yehuda Izhak, 23, from the West Bank settlement of Beit El. He was the oldest son of Moshe and Amona and a brother to six brothers and sisters, according to the head of Beit El local council Shay Alon.

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