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Eight other individuals were wounded in the attack and were transferred to hospital for further medical treatment.
Two Palestinian muslims opened fire at close range on two cars and a bus on Highway 55 in the northern West Bank near the Palestinian village of al-Funduq, killing three people: Rachel Cohen, 73, Aliza Reiss, 70, and Israel Police St.-Sgt.-Maj. Elad Yaakov Winkelstein, 35.
By press time, security forces were still searching for the attackers, who escaped by car from the scene, are from Jenin, and are affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Over the past few weeks, the PA has operated in the city to attempt to root out any terrorist activity, leading to a rise in tensions in the area.
Winkelstein was in a car with his young son. The police officer managed to shoot two bullets towards the terrorists until he was killed. He lived in Ein Hanatziv with his wife, two daughters, and son. He had previously lived in Kedumim, serving as the town’s security coordinator.
Cohen, 73, was a school counselor and a mother of five daughters. Reiss, 70, was also a school counselor and is survived by her children and family. Cohen and Reiss were in the same car when they were shot.
Emergency medical personnel said they treated the 63-year-old bus driver who sustained serious wounds, a woman in her 60s in moderate condition, and six other people with various light wounds. They were transferred to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva and the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba for further treatment.
