Israeli bus comes under fire in Huwara; none hurt
IDF says searching for Palestinian terrorists who carried out attack in flashpoint West Bank town
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the West Bank town of Huwara on Monday night, with medics clarifying that no one was injured in the terror attack.
The Israel Defense Forces said it was investigating the attack. Over the past year, several buses have come under fire by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank.
Images from the scene Monday showed at least eight bullet holes across the windows of the bus.
It was unclear how many passengers were on the bus — line 467 between Jerusalem and the settlement of Elon Moreh — at the time of the attack.
The Rescuers Without Borders emergency service said there were no injuries.
The IDF said it was blocking off roads in the area and searching for the gunmen.
Huwara has long been a flashpoint in the West Bank, thanks to a main thoroughfare running through the town also being used regularly by Israelis to travel to and from settlements. There are plans to build a bypass road for settlers to avoid having to travel through the town, but work on this has dragged on for years.
During the past year, Palestinian gunmen have repeatedly targeted military posts, troops operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements and civilians on the roads.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been high across the West Bank for the past year and a half, with the military carrying out near-nightly raids, amid a series of deadly Palestinian terror attacks.
