The Terrorists Opened Fire at the Checkpoint: Documentation of the Attack

The scene of the attack (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90.)

Special documentation from the moments of the attack at the tunnel checkpoint was released (Thursday) a short time ago, in which the sounds of gunfire can be heard and several passengers who were inside a bus at the scene shouted the "Hear Israel" prayer.

As published earlier, three terrorists arrived in a vehicle from Judea and Samaria to the tunnel checkpoint near Jerusalem and opened fire at the security forces. As a result of the incident, 7 people were injured in various degrees of injury, including one in a very serious condition. The three terrorists were injured and 3 terrorists were neutralized by the security forces operating at the checkpoint.

After the neutralization, large forces of police, Border Police and IDF work to scan the area and carry out supplementary operations at the scene of the attack and saboteurs from the Jerusalem district are working at the scene, and the road is closed to vehicle traffic until the end of treatment at the scene of the attack. Jerusalem District Commander Superintendent Doron Turgeman arrived at the scene and held an initial situation assessment with the commanders.

Axes and ammunition inside the vehicle

It was also reported that the saboteurs of the Jerusalem district completed the clearing of the scene of the attack and ruled out any suspicion of the presence of an explosive device at the scene. From an inspection of the vehicle with which the terrorists arrived at the checkpoint from the direction of the west bank, it became clear that it was carrying duplicate identification plates. Their identity is checked. 2 pistols and an M-16 type weapon with which the terrorists carried out the shooting attack were seized at the scene.

Doron Kadosh in the IDF Radio reported that axes and additional ammunition were found in the terrorists' vehicle. He noted that the estimates are that the terrorists were planning a larger attack. They tried to enter Israeli territory from the tunnel checkpoint using a fake Israeli identification plate and planned to enter Jerusalem and there to carry out an even larger attack.