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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Thursday, July 6, 2023
Hamas claims responsibility for deadly shooting near Kedumim, threatens Smotrich
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
Israeli troops examine the car used by a Palestinian attacker at the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The military wing of the Hamas terror group claims responsibility for the deadly shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim earlier today.
In a statement, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades says Ahmed Yassin Ghaidan, from the village of Qibya, carried out the attack.
Hamas says the attack comes as a response to the Israeli operation in Jenin earlier this week, during which at least 12 Palestinian gunmen were killed, and over recent settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
The terror group also warns Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in Kedumim, that “the al-Qassam brigades almost knocked on your door.”
