Two of the three people wounded in a terror attack in the West Bank this morning were activists who were on their way to assist Palestinian shepherds in the area, according to an announcement from a local rights group.
The group, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, vows to continue to “protect Palestinians and demand freedom and equality for all the country’s inhabitants” despite the attack.
“These days, amid the war in Gaza, we’re seeing an increase in the intensity and scope of the oppression of the Palestinians all over the occupied territories. Human rights activists working in this violent reality may also be harmed as we witnessed this morning,” the group says in a statement on social media.
A 13-year-old boy was also wounded in the attack, which took place in the West Bank town of al-Auja. Route 90, the main north-south artery in the Jordan Valley, passes through the Palestinian town.
Two bulletproof school buses and at least two cars were hit in the shooting.
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