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| With Drive-By Shootings and Deadly Manhunts, the West Bank Heats Up | With Drive-By Shootings and Deadly Manhunts, the West Bank Heats Up |
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| JERUSALEM — Palestinians sought in two deadly attacks were gunned down by Israeli security forces after intense manhunts, but hours later a midmorning drive-by shooting on Thursday killed at least two Israelis and raised fears that the West Bank was heating up into a new phase of violence. | |
| The Israeli military, which put up roadblocks around Ramallah to try to capture the assailant in the morning shooting, said it was deploying several additional battalions to the West Bank to defend against potential copycat attacks. | The Israeli military, which put up roadblocks around Ramallah to try to capture the assailant in the morning shooting, said it was deploying several additional battalions to the West Bank to defend against potential copycat attacks. |
| The shooting came even as Israeli officials were trumpeting their overnight success in catching two Palestinians sought in attacks on the West Bank that had particularly enraged Israelis. | The shooting came even as Israeli officials were trumpeting their overnight success in catching two Palestinians sought in attacks on the West Bank that had particularly enraged Israelis. |
| The authorities said that a two-month search for Ashraf Na’alowa, 23, ended after midnight in the Askar refugee camp outside Nablus when he was killed in a brief shootout with Israeli forces. He was wanted in the Oct. 7 killing of two co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial park. | The authorities said that a two-month search for Ashraf Na’alowa, 23, ended after midnight in the Askar refugee camp outside Nablus when he was killed in a brief shootout with Israeli forces. He was wanted in the Oct. 7 killing of two co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial park. |
| A second manhunt began on Sunday after a drive-by shooting near the Jewish settlement of Ofra that wounded seven Israelis, including a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. Doctors delivered the woman’s baby boy, but he died Wednesday evening as a result of the shooting. | A second manhunt began on Sunday after a drive-by shooting near the Jewish settlement of Ofra that wounded seven Israelis, including a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. Doctors delivered the woman’s baby boy, but he died Wednesday evening as a result of the shooting. |
| Later on Wednesday night, security forces found one of the suspects, Saleh Omar Barghouti, 29, in Surda, north of Ramallah, and tried to arrest him. When he tried to flee in a taxi, the police said, the Israelis opened fire on the vehicle, killing Mr. Barghouti and wounding another passenger. | Later on Wednesday night, security forces found one of the suspects, Saleh Omar Barghouti, 29, in Surda, north of Ramallah, and tried to arrest him. When he tried to flee in a taxi, the police said, the Israelis opened fire on the vehicle, killing Mr. Barghouti and wounding another passenger. |
| Hamas, the Gaza-based Islamic militant group, claimed both Mr. Na’alowa and Mr. Barghouti as members and vowed to avenge their deaths, but stopped short of claiming responsibility for either of their attacks. | Hamas, the Gaza-based Islamic militant group, claimed both Mr. Na’alowa and Mr. Barghouti as members and vowed to avenge their deaths, but stopped short of claiming responsibility for either of their attacks. |
| Even as Israeli officials were praising the security officers and troops involved in catching the Barkan and Ofra suspects, a new attack unfolded on Thursday just a short distance from Sunday’s. At the Asaf junction east of Ramallah, a man emerged from a car around 11 a.m. and started shooting at soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus stop, before jumping back into the car, which was driven by someone else, and fleeing into Ramallah, the Israeli military said. | Even as Israeli officials were praising the security officers and troops involved in catching the Barkan and Ofra suspects, a new attack unfolded on Thursday just a short distance from Sunday’s. At the Asaf junction east of Ramallah, a man emerged from a car around 11 a.m. and started shooting at soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus stop, before jumping back into the car, which was driven by someone else, and fleeing into Ramallah, the Israeli military said. |
| Two Israeli men were killed, a third man was critically injured and a woman was moderately wounded, the military said. | Two Israeli men were killed, a third man was critically injured and a woman was moderately wounded, the military said. |
| A military spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, said that soldiers were controlling routes in and out of Ramallah and were searching vehicles to find the attacker. He would not say whether those killed were soldiers or civilians. | A military spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, said that soldiers were controlling routes in and out of Ramallah and were searching vehicles to find the attacker. He would not say whether those killed were soldiers or civilians. |
| Colonel Conricus said the military was alert to the possibility both of copycat attacks and of violence inspired by Friday’s anniversary of the establishment of Hamas. | Colonel Conricus said the military was alert to the possibility both of copycat attacks and of violence inspired by Friday’s anniversary of the establishment of Hamas. |
| Adding to the violence overnight, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by border police in the Old City of Jerusalem at around 5 a.m. Thursday after he attacked a civilian man and then stabbed two border police officers. The attack was recorded by surveillance cameras. | Adding to the violence overnight, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by border police in the Old City of Jerusalem at around 5 a.m. Thursday after he attacked a civilian man and then stabbed two border police officers. The attack was recorded by surveillance cameras. |