| 2024 Eli shooting | |
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Israeli security forces at the scene of the attack
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| Location | Gas station, Eli, West Bank |
| Date | February 29, 2024 (2024-02-29) |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 2 |
On 29 February 2024, a Palestinian man opened fire at a gas station near the Eli settlement in northern Binyamin in the West Bank, killing two Israeli citizens.[1]
The attack took place 8 months after another shooting at the same location, in which 4 Israelis were killed.[2]
Around five in the afternoon, Mohammad Manasrah, a Palestinian man armed with a storm rifle, opened fire on Israeli citizens outside a gas station near the settlement of Eli. Two people sitting in a car by the gas station were shot and killed.[3]
Manasrah was killed by Aviad Gezber, a reservist officer and the manager of "Hummus Eliyahu" at the gas station, who was on break from reserve service in the Gaza Strip.[4] A second man involved in planning the shooting was also killed at the scene.[5]
Manasrah, from Qalandia Camp, served as an investigation officer at a rank equivalent to a chief warrant officer in the Palestinian Authority police and was released in 2019 from imprisonment for firearms theft offenses.[5][6]
According to the IDF, two other men were involved in planning the shooting, both of whom were killed by IDF personnel.[5]
On the night of 29 February 2024, IDF personnel visited Manasrah's house to "map the home for its potential demolition".[5]
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