Newborn baby dies after drive-by shooting at West Bank settlement

A newborn has been pronounced dead in a Jerusalem hospital days after he was delivered prematurely when his mother was injured in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.

The baby’s mother, 21, was seven months pregnant when she was gravely wounded in the attack near the settlement of Ofra on Sunday evening.

She was hospitalised along with her husband. The couple were reported to be in a stable condition.

Five other people sustained light injuries in the shooting, which the IDF said took place from a moving vehicle and targeted civilians trying to hitchhike from the nearby junction.