Iran Press/ Middle East: Israeli first responders and soldiers administered CPR at the scene but failed to revive a 40-year-old woman who has not been identified yet, local media reported.
Reports also indicate that a young girl, the woman’s daughter, was present at the scene but was unharmed.
Another Israeli, a 39-year-old man who was giving the woman and her daughter a ride, described as being in serious condition, has been transported to the trauma ward of Soroka Hospital in Bir Sheva.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly being briefed on the attack and manhunt for the suspect.
The Israeli army set up roadblocks in the area as it began to search for the suspect, and then proceeded to shut down Hebron entirely.
This follows another shooting attack in the West Bank last week, in which two Israelis died. That incident happened south of Nablus and was thought to have been carried out by a Palestinian attacker.
The occupied West Bank has seen heightened violence this year, the most in nearly two decades, with the Israeli army launching several high-profile incursions into Palestinian refugee camps.
In a press statement, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said the shooting is “a natural and legitimate response to the crimes of the occupation and its settlers’ aggression against our people”.
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