Two Palestinians were shot and critically injured after stabbing and injuring two Israelis in the Rami Levi supermarket located in the Shaare Benjamin industrial complex northwest of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that two Palestinians “infiltrated” the illegal Israeli settlement and entered the supermarket before stabbing the two Israelis.
Both Palestinians, aged 17 and 35, were shot and critically injured by an armed civilian present at the scene, al-Samri said.
The police spokesperson initially reported that both Palestinians were killed during the incident.
Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom said medics treated one Israeli in severe condition and another who was in moderate condition. The two were transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
An Israeli settler in his forties was stabbed and injured in a Rami Levi supermarket in the same illegal settlement on Nov. 6.
A wave of small-scale attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals in the occupied Palestinian territory since October -- predominantly on Israeli military targets -- have increasing targeting illegal settlements this month.
Attacks have left over 25 Israelis dead, with the majority of suspected Palestinian attackers shot dead on site. Nearly 180 Palestinians have been killed during the same period, many under disputed circumstances.
Five Palestinians were shot dead earlier this week on Sunday during three separate alleged attacks on Israeli military in occupied East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Jenin.
No Israelis were injured in any of the incidents.
