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IDF forces search a West Bank village as part of a manhunt for the perpetrators of a drive-by shooting at Tapuach Junction near Ariel on Sunday, on May 4, 2021.
Israeli security forces apprehended a number of Palestinian suspects early on Tuesday in connection with a drive-by shooting on Sunday in which three Israelis were wounded, the Israeli military said in a statement. The vehicle used in the shooting was also confiscated.
The vehicle was located on Monday in the village of Aqraba in Samaria. According to Israelâs Channel 12, Israeli security forces believe the vehicle belongs to a Hamas member who lives in the village.
The alleged Israeli airstrikes come after an Israeli-owned cargo vessel was hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, just hours after US strikes in Syria against sites that the Pentagon claims were being used by Iranian-backed militias.
The US strikes, the first military action undertaken by the administration of President Joe Biden, were in retaliation for rocket attacks earlier in the month on American targets in Iraq. SOHR reported that 22 people were killed in the airstrike, most of whom were members of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Avivi Kochavi was quoted by