A visitor to the overlook at Mitzpe Yosef, near the Jewish community of Har Bracha in Samaria, was shot Tuesday afternoon in an attack by a Palestinian Authority sniper in Shechem (Nablus).
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Mitzpe Yosef is located at the bottom of a mountain on which the Palestinian Authority city of Shechem is located.
The victim, who was part of a group of tourists from Ra’anana, in central Israel, was taken to Meir Medical Center in Kfaat Saba with a gunshot wound, according to United Hatzalah.
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yaakov Golman, who provided initial treatment to the wounded man, reported, “We were told at the scene that the young man was wounded by gunshot. We provided him with medical assistance at the scene and he was then transported to the Meir Medical Center, while his condition is defined as mild (good) at this stage.”
Security personnel said the initial assessment indicated a long-range sniping attack on the group of visitors who were at the overlook.
The IDF subsequently said that the shooting was carried out from inside the city of Shechem, toward the area of Mitzpe Yosef.
A large number of IDF soldiers are currently scanning for the suspects.
