ALBAWABA- Six Israeli settlers were reportedly killed on Thursday in a deadly shooting and stabbing attack inside a supermarket in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, south of Jerusalem.
The assailants, identified as two Palestinians from the Hebron area, infiltrated the settlement before launching the attack.
According to security sources, the attackers arrived by car, stabbed a security guard at the entrance of the supermarket, and seized his weapon. They then opened fire inside the premises, killing six civilians and injuring several others.
The gunmen exchanged fire with Israeli forces before being shot and killed at the scene.
Since then, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reinforced security in the Gush Etzion area, conducting searches and establishing additional checkpoints.
Footage circulating on social media shows moments of the attack and subsequent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters.
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Palestinian armed groups have praised the attack. The Resistance Committees in Palestine described it as a "heroic" operation and a response to what they termed "Zionist crimes."
Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Hamas's armed wing, linked the attack to a broader resistance movement stretching "from Hebron to Jenin."
The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, called the incident a "double qualitative operation" and urged further confrontations in the West Bank.
