At least 3 injured, 1 seriously, in West Bank terror shooting, manhunt underway for attacker

At least three people, including a 13-year-old child, were injured after an attacker opened fire on a school bus and several cars in the Jordan Valley division of the West Bank on Thursday, according to a report.

According to a Times of Israel report, citing the Magen David Adom ambulance service, among the injured, a 30-year-old man is in moderate-to-serious condition, another man in his 20s is lightly hurt, and a 13-year-old boy is in good condition after being hit by glass shards.

While two of the three injured are being treated at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center, the 13-year-old boy is undergoing treatment at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

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Meanwhile, the IDF said it has launched a manhunt for the terrorists, and troops are blocking roads in the area.

The IDF said that a terrorist shot in the direction of multiple vehicles near Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley division of the West Bank.

According to Jerusalem Post, Uriel Reins and Keren Gazit, members of Rescue Without Borders, MDA’s emergency response team for the Jordan Valley region, arrived at the scene and reported that medics were giving first aid in two locations, one near the entrance of the town of Naomi.

Rescue Without Borders also reported that two armored bullet-proof buses carrying students were hit, but no one inside was wounded.

With inputs from agencies