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Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Defense officials: Terrorist who killed 12-year-old boy in West Bank bus shooting turned himself in
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Palestinian terrorist who carried out last night’s deadly shooting attack against a bus in the West Bank turned himself in, Israeli defense authorities say.
The IDF, Shin Bet, and police say that amid their pursuit of the gunman and “exertion of military pressure in the area” — including by encircling Bethlehem — the terrorist turned himself in.
The terrorist had opened fire at a bus traveling from the Beitar Ilit settlement to Jerusalem, as it passed a junction by the West Bank town of al-Khader. Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, 12, was killed and several others were wounded.
