2 injured in West Bank terror attack near Rimonim Junction

The day after deadly Kiryat Arba attack, shots were fired at a vehicle injuring two, one in serious condition; Security forces are on the scene searching for terrorist's vehicle.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN
Hamas shooting (photo credit: Associated Press)
Hamas shooting
(photo credit: Associated Press)
Shots were reportedly fired at a vehicle traveling in the area between the settlement Kochav Yaakov and Rimonim Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday night.
Judea and Samaria Police officers who arrived on the scene found an Israeli vehicle with bullet marks. "The vehicle descended down a nearby slope," police said. The officers who arrived in the area found one person seriously injured and another person slightly injured.
RELATED:Hamas leader rejects compromise with Israel, resists peaceNetanyahu urges settlers to show restraint, respect lawMagen David Adom rushed the two Israelis to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem; a man aged around 30 in moderate to serious condition suffering from a gunshot wound to the knee, and a woman aged around 30 who was injured in the resulting accident. Both are conscious and stable, paramedics said.
The event is being treated as a terror attack. Security forces were on the scene searching for the terrorists' vehicle.
The shooting came the day after four Israelis were killed Tuesday night in a devastating shooting attack in the West Bank believed to have been aimed at torpedoing the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks set to kick off on Wednesday in Washington  DC.
 The four victims, described by a settler spokesman as a couple and two hitchhikers – were driving on Route 60 near the entrance to Kiryat Arba when their vehicle came under fire. The victims were named as Yitzhak Ames, 47, and his wife Tali Ames, 45, Kochava Even-Haim, 37, and Avishai Schindler, 24, all from Beit Hagai. The Ames couple had six children, including a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler.
Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Hamas carried out the attack.