A man was moderately wounded Wednesday evening in a shooting at the Shoval agricultural farm, near the Ariel industrial zone. The Israel Defense Forces said the incident is under investigation.
The wounded civilian received medical treatment at the scene while IDF forces launched a manhunt for the suspect. The military has set up roadblocks in the area and is also operating in the airspace above.
The shooting comes months after a November 29 attack in which nine people were wounded when a gunman opened fire on a bus at the Giti Avisar junction near Ariel.
The attacker, identified as 46-year-old Samer Hussein, a father of five from the Palestinian village of Einabus south of Nablus, was killed at the scene. Hussein had previously served time in an Israeli prison. Initial security concerns that a second assailant had fled the area were later ruled out.
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