A terrorist opened fire near the neighborhood of Israeli Knesset Member Itamar Ben-Gvir in Givat Avot, Kiryat Arba, on Saturday night just before 9 PM.
Those wounded were flown to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. A 60-year-old wounded man has died there.
The attack happened near the Kiryat Arba guardpost on the road between Kiryat Arba and Hebron.
Civilian security forces returned fire in a shootout. The terrorist has been reported killed by the security chief who ran over the terrorist. Security forces are searching for possible additional terrorists.
According to Hillel Bitton Rosen, a father and son were in a grocery store when the terrorists opened fire on them. Two Israelis rushed to help them and were lightly injured. The Ravshatz (security chief) killed the terrorist. An Arab man was also wounded in the attack and evacuated to a PA hospital.
A 48-year-old man who was lightly wounded, and a 19-year-old man who was lightly wounded.
Share Tzedek Medical Center reports they are operating on a 50-year-old man. He is unconcious, on a respirator and in serious but stable condition.
People have been asked to pray for Ofer Ben Tovah.
According to an initial tweet by Ben Gvir, it was thought that the shooting had been directed as his home. Ben-Gvir’s family and residents of Kiryat Arba have been told to not leave their home.
Devorah Aviad, a United Hatzalah paramedic who was at the scene, relayed: “When I arrived at the scene I found several wounded with various degrees of injuries. Together with other medical personnel, we treated all of the injured, who were then transported to the hospital for further treatment.”
Mayor of the Kiryat Arba Hebron Council Eliyahu Liebman says this evening: “Five months ago, the Minister of Defense [Benny Gantz] decided to open the Ashmurat checkpoint, which had been closed to Palestinian movement for 20 years. We warned in real time that the opening of the checkpoint could lead to terrorist attacks, and unfortunately, as mentioned, this fear came true.”
Meanwhile, Arabs in Hebron are celebrating the terror attack.
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Ofer runs the pinah chama for chayalim in that area (between Kiryat Arba and Hebron) he is an amazing person – completely thinking about the safety, needs, happiness, and well-being of others before his own.
May he merit a complete and speedy refuah.
Yehudis Leiter
Shabbos ended in Hevron at 5:25 pm. Most of the Jews walking from the Maara back to Kiryat Arba are home already by just before nine – the reported time of the attack. Which means most of the extra soldiers guarding the path have left. The attack had nothing to do with Ben Gvir. Or course he thought it was directed at him, he is good at PR. And it made for good headlines to put his name. Ben Gvir lives in Kiryat Arba… not on the road between Kiryat Arba and Hevron. Arab terrorists don’t target Jewish politicians (unless… Read more »
Ben Gvir lives in shechunat ha’avot which IS a little side road (gated/guarded community) near the police station outside of Kiryat Arba – alongside the space of road between kA and Hebron. Targeted or not, that’s where he lives.