Hamas terrorist opens fire at Israeli civilian bus in West Bank; 8 wounded, 3 seriously

Palestinian gunman, who used M-16 assault rifle, shot dead by troops; Al-Qassam Brigades names him as Samir Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, 46; IDF rules out the possibility of a second gunman.

At least eight people were wounded, three of them seriously, when a Hamas terrorist opened fire at a civilian bus near the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Friday. The assailant was shot dead by security forces.

According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, four people were hit by gunfire, including three in serious condition and one in moderate condition. Another four people were lightly wounded by broken glass, MDA said.

The military said that four of the wounded were soldiers and all were lightly injured.

Hebrew media outlets reported that one of those seriously wounded in the attack was the bus driver, Hassan Elsachen.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, claimed responsibility for the shooting, naming the gunman as Samir Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, 46, from the village of Einabus near Nablus. Hussein was a member of the Brigades, Hamas said.