| 2023 Eli shooting | |
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| Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
 The gas station in which the attack was carried out can be seen on the lower right | |
| Location | Gas station near Eli |
| Date | June 20, 2023 |
Attack type | Shooting attack |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrators | 2 |
On 20 June 2023, two Hamas members shot at Israeli settlers near Eli, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, killing four and wounding four others. [1]
On 19 June 2023, Israeli forces entered the Jenin refugee camp in order to arrest two suspects. Clashes broke out, leaving three Palestinian militants, one teenage girl and two uncategorized Palestinians killed. Eight Israeli soldiers were injured by a roadside bomb placed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. They were all evacuated by military helicopter.
On 20 June 2023, two Hamas-affiliated Palestinian militants from Urif entered a gas station near Eli. According an initial Israel Defense Forces (IDF) assessment, they shot several Israeli civilians before moving onto an adjacent Hummus Eliyahu restaurant, where they continued to shoot Israeli civilians. Four Israeli civilians were fatally shot and four others were wounded. One of the militants was fatally shot by an armed Israeli civilian.[ citation needed ]
The other militant stole a car and drove to a location near Tubas and abandoned it. The IDF later recovered the car. The IDF subsequently found the militant in a taxi near Tubas and fatally shot him. [2] [3]
Politicians from across the Israeli political spectrum, including Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and the National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz condemned the shooting as a murderous terrorist attack and offered condolences to the victims.
Ben-Gvir additionally called for stricter measures against West Bank Palestinians, especially militants, to prevent future militant attacks against Israeli settlers.
Several Israeli settlers from the northern portion of the Samaria region of the West Bank demonstrated against what they viewed as an inadequate response by the Israeli government and security forces. [2]
The Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist militant organisation Hamas identified the two gunmen as their members, and praised the shooting as a proper response to the recent Jenin incursion. However, it did not claim responsibility for the mass shooting. [1]
In response to the shooting, on 21 June 2023, hundreds of Israeli settlers set fire to 60 vehicles and 30 houses in Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the West Bank. A 27-year-old man named Omar Qattin was killed by gunfire, and 12 Palestinians were wounded in the violence. [4] [1] [5]
Far-right activists from the settlement of Yitzhar told the public broadcaster Kan that they had cut off electricity to the village of Urif as retaliation for the attack in Eli. [6]
Note: This compilation includes only those attacks that resulted in casualties. Attacks which did not kill or wound are not included.
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Yitzhar is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, south of the city of Nablus, just off Route 60, north of the Tapuach Junction. The predominantly Orthodox Jewish community falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 2,093.
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