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Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Terror suspect in deadly bus shooting identified as Palestinian from Bayt Awa near Hebron
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Israeli security forces and paramedics are seen following a deadly terror shooting attack targeting a bus in the West Bank, early December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The Palestinian man suspected of opening fire at a bus in the West Bank last night, killing a 12-year-old boy, is named as Ezz Aldin Malluh, from Bayt Awa near Hebron.
The suspect initially attempted to surrender at Palestinian police stations, but while officers confiscated his weapon, they refused to let him in.
Defense officials say Massalmeh eventually turned himself in to authorities this morning. Last night, he shot up 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 in the terror shooting and several others were wounded.
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