Israeli media reported Sunday that an Israeli occupation soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting attack that targeted the Shuafat military checkpoint in occupied Al-Quds.

The Israeli media outlets detailed that a speeding car approached the Shuafat camp checkpoint the passengers opened fire at the soldiers stationed at the place, wounding two Israeli soldiers and killing one. The car managed to exit the shooting site, and a search operation in pursuit of the shooters is underway.

Breaking| One of the two Israeli soldiers seriously injured in the shooting operation in Shuafat is in a critical condition, according to Israeli reports. pic.twitter.com/AtlDhiv08o

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 8, 2022

Israeli media cited military sources as saying that there were security concerns that the shooters would carry out other operations in occupied Al-Quds, adding that the occupation police announced a state of high alert.

In retaliation, Israeli occupation police closed the gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque and all the entrances and exits to the Shuafat camp.

Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that IOF search operations are underway in pursuit of the shooters, and Palestinian youths threw stones at the occupation checkpoint.

Media coverage| Israeli occupation soldiers scramble after a shooting operation which resulted in the critical injury of two Israeli soldiers at Israeli military checkpoint in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/1XCvKXfOp2

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 8, 2022

According to our correspondent, angry Palestinian youths smashed an Israeli settler's vehicle with stones near the village of Rantis in Ramallah.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed the Shuafat refugee camp in the wake of the shooting, and confrontations erupted, during which rubber bullets and tear gas canisters were fired at Palestinian youths.

Media coverage| Photos from the scene of tonight's shooting operation at the Israeli military checkpoint of Shuafat in occupied Jerusalem, where three Israeli soldiers were injured, two of them seriously. pic.twitter.com/MfxIXZQrCs

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 8, 2022

This comes after the Israeli occupation forces killed in cold blood four Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, in the occupied West Bank in just 24 hours.

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