Four people were wounded, one critically as a result of a hand grenade explosion in the northern Arab town of Kafr Manda on Saturday afternoon, Magen David Adom said.
Israeli media reported that the woman who was critically wounded had died as a result of the injuries she sustained in the blast.
MDA’s 101 emergency hotline received a report of four people injured in the blast at 1:53 p.m.
Paramedics evacuated the wounded to Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth.
A woman of about 60 was critically wounded and was evacuated while paramedics performed CPR. A man and a woman in their 50s were in moderate condition, and a fourth person was lightly hurt.
In the footage obtained by Walla from the scene, the entrance to the business is seen shattered, with broken plates and other objects scattered outside the scene.
Israel Police officers who were called to the scene began collecting evidence and opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. The police said that the background to the case and the circumstances are still being investigated.
MDA medic: Grenade blast victim ‘fighting for her life’
“When we arrived at the scene, we saw a commotion and several people who had been wounded. They told us they had been hurt by a grenade,” MDA paramedic Iyad Hibi said.
“We began treating all the wounded. A woman of about 60 was critically injured, and we immediately began resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions, ventilation, and medication. We evacuated her in an MDA mobile intensive care unit to the hospital in critical condition, and we are continuing to fight for her life,” he said.
“In addition, we evacuated two more wounded people in moderate condition and one in light condition from the scene.”
Indictments following unrelated shooting at a house in the settlement
Last month, a separate shooting incident in the village of Manda was reported, which resulted in indictments being filed against both sides in the conflict. In that case, dozens of bullets were fired at the home of two brothers in the community. The shooter, who was seriously injured while fleeing the scene, was charged with weapons offenses, shooting in a residential area, malicious damage, and threats.
According to the indictment, on April 15, at around 1:55 a.m., two masked men riding a scooter arrived at the home of brothers Hassan and Rami Khosh in the village of Manda. There had been a previous dispute between the parties, and the two opened fire with dozens of bullets from an M-16 rifle and a pistol at the home and a vehicle parked outside. One of the brothers and his wife were in the home at the time of the shooting.
Immediately after the shooting, the two fled the scene on the scooter, but a short time later they slipped on the road and the weapons fell from their hands. The scooter driver, Zidan Raad Taha, 19, was seriously injured in the fall, while his partner managed to escape.
The police investigation revealed that after the accident, the brothers arrived at the scene, picked up the weapons that had fallen on the road, and left. According to the police, they intended to use the weapons as a bargaining chip with the shooters in their dispute.
Taha was hospitalized for about two months at Rambam Hospital and underwent rehabilitation procedures. After recovering from his injury, he was arrested and questioned, and an indictment was later filed against him. His partner in the shooting, whose identity is known to the police, had not yet been arrested at the time of publication of the previous report.