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A reservist soldier who recently returned from the war in the Gaza Strip shot dead one of the three terrorists who attacked motorists Thursday near a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement city of Ma’ale Adumim but was himself moderately injured in the exchange of fire.
One person was killed and 11 others injured in the attack.
Hananya Ben Shimon, 23, was sitting in a car with his mother when the attackers began shooting with automatic weapons at the traffic jam.
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His father, Arik, told the media that Hananya had returned from the Gaza Strip, including the heavy battles for Khan Younis, just a week and a half ago after serving for three months in the reserves as a tank crew member.
Hananya was on his way to work as a tour group guard and was armed with a pistol from the security company.
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He saw one of the terrorists open fire to the left of the car he was sitting in, Arik said.
Hananya “fired a first bullet through the window and then he got out, made contact, and took out the terrorist,” the father said, calling his son “a hero.”
During the gunfight, Hananya was injured and is in moderate condition in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem with bullet wounds to his stomach and leg.
“He has no serious internal injuries but has broken bones. He is conscious and talking to me,” Arik reported.
Hananya’s mother also jumped out of the car, but headed in the other direction to escape to safety, though she is suffering acute anxiety from the incident, Arik said.
“Hananya is an honest person and he told us that he is not a hero, but rather the hero is another guy who fought the terrorists and got hit in his hand. But security personnel told us that Hananya saved a lot of people today,” Arik said, referring to one of the other people injured during efforts to overcome the terrorists.
Security forces killed one of the other terrorists and shot the third, seriously injuring him, before he was detained.
A reservist soldier who recently returned from the war in the Gaza Strip shot dead one of the three terrorists who attacked motorists Thursday near a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement city of Ma’ale Adumim but was himself moderately injured in the exchange of fire.
One person was killed and 11 others injured in the attack.
Hananya Ben Shimon, 23, was sitting in a car with his mother when the attackers began shooting with automatic weapons at the traffic jam.
Golan FamilyKeep Watching
His father, Arik, told the media that Hananya had returned from the Gaza Strip, including the heavy battles for Khan Younis, just a week and a half ago after serving for three months in the reserves as a tank crew member.
Hananya was on his way to work as a tour group guard and was armed with a pistol from the security company.
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He saw one of the terrorists open fire to the left of the car he was sitting in, Arik said.
Hananya “fired a first bullet through the window and then he got out, made contact, and took out the terrorist,” the father said, calling his son “a hero.”
During the gunfight, Hananya was injured and is in moderate condition in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem with bullet wounds to his stomach and leg.
“He has no serious internal injuries but has broken bones. He is conscious and talking to me,” Arik reported.
Hananya’s mother also jumped out of the car, but headed in the other direction to escape to safety, though she is suffering acute anxiety from the incident, Arik said.
“Hananya is an honest person and he told us that he is not a hero, but rather the hero is another guy who fought the terrorists and got hit in his hand. But security personnel told us that Hananya saved a lot of people today,” Arik said, referring to one of the other people injured during efforts to overcome the terrorists.
Security forces killed one of the other terrorists and shot the third, seriously injuring him, before he was detained.
