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Friday, November 29, 2024
IDF probe into bus attack finds terrorist set out from Nablus area, followed route without checkpoints
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
According to an initial IDF probe of the shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel, the terrorist had set out from a village in the Nablus area.
The terrorist drove from the Tapuah Junction area to the Gitai Avisar Junction — a route with no internal checkpoints — and stopped his car on the side of the road, around 150 meters from a bus stop. From there, he opened fire at the bus while approaching it on foot.
IDF troops stationed in the area returned fire, killing him shortly after the attack began, according to the probe.
The IDF believes the terrorist did not act alone, and there are other accomplices who may have provided the M-16 assault rifle and vehicle to carry out the attack.
