Palestinian Authority Security Officer opens fire on Israelis at checkpoint, wounds 3, other Islamic

A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Israelis at the Focus checkpoint near Bet El in the West Bank on Sunday morning. Three IDF soldiers were injured in the attack, and the terrorist was shot dead by security forces at the scene. The military said it has notified the families of the victims. The terrorist approached the checkpoint in a vehicle, and opened fire from inside his car. A Palestinian Authority police officer was the assailant who carried out the terror attack, security forces confirmed. The gunman was the driver of Ramallah's chief prosecutor and was named as 34-year-old Amjad Amjad Sukkari Abu Amar, from Kalkilya. MDA paramedics evacuated the three victims in their twenties to Jerusalem hospitals; one in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the upper body, one in moderate to serious condition with a gunshot wound to a limb, and a third in light condition with a gunshot wound in a limb.