At least one person was wounded in a suspected shooting attack in the area of Neveh Tzuf in the West Bank, north of Ramallah, on Sunday afternoon.
The wounded individual, a man in his 30s, was originally in critical condition but his condition has been updated to severe after Magen David Adom personnel succeded in returning his pulse through CPR.
He has been evacuated by helicopter to Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva.
“We arrived at the scene and saw a male in his 30s inside a vehicle, unconscious, with multiple gunshot wounds," said MDA Paramedic David Trachtenberg. "We removed him from the vehicle and immediately began providing life-saving medical treatment."
"We placed him in the ambulance, and with the assistance of a physician and a paramedic, immediately began evacuating him to the hospital while fighting for his life, providing medical treatment and blood products, in the hope of stabilizing his condition.”
IDF begins manhunt after terrorist
According to initial reports, the terrorist opened fire at Israelis bathing in a nearby spring from what appears to be a red Mitsubishi SUV with Palestinian Authority license plates.
He then exited the vehicle armed and fled the scene on foot.
A manhunt for the terrorist is underway. The IDF has established roadblocks in the area, and Highway 465 has been closed to traffic in both directions.
Soldiers from the Binyamin Regional Brigade, the Duvdevan counterterrorism unit, Israel Police, and several other units have mobilized to pursue the terrorist. A blockade has been established around the nearby village of Deir Nidham.
Security forces are searching on foot and using drones, as well as other air force assets.
This is a developing story.
Amir Bohbot contributed to this report.