Shooting at a checkpoint in the West Bank kills at least one person

At least one person was killed and several others injured in a shooting near a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday morning.

Three Palestinians used automatic weapons to fire from a car at a traffic jam in front of the A Za'im checkpoint leading to Jerusalem, Israeli police said. All three attackers were killed, police spokesman Eli Levy said in a video statement.

Hamas praised the shooting in a statement, calling it a “natural response” to what it described as Israeli crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.

The checkpoint is located on a main road between Ma'ale Adumim, one of Israel's largest settlements in the West Bank, and Jerusalem.

Israel's emergency medical services said a man in his 20s was killed by the attackers. It said five others were being treated at hospitals for gunshot wounds, and one was in serious condition. The emergency medical service received a report of a shooting around 7:30 am

Mr. Levy called the attack terrorism.

Last week, a shooting that Israeli authorities also described as terrorism killed two people and injured four others at a bus station in central Israel. The country has been on high alert since the Hamas-led attacks on October 7.

Adam Ragon reporting contributed.