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Pregnant woman is among seven injured in drive-by shooting attack near West Bank settlement

Doctors had to deliver her baby prematurely after she was rushed to hospital in Jerusalem

December 10, 2018 09:21
Israeli security and medical personnel evacuate an Israeli woman from the ambulance at the Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, after she was was seriously injured in a terror attack in Ofra, December 9, 2018
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Seven people including a pregnant woman were left wounded in a drive-by shooting attack near the settlement of Ofra in the West Bank on Sunday evening.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the shooting took place from a moving vehicle and targeted civilians trying to hitchhike from the nearby junction.

Doctors were forced to deliver the 21-year-old pregnant woman’s baby prematurely after she was rushed to the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem in a serious condition after suffering wounds to her upper body.

On Monday morning, a hospital spokesperson said the woman’s condition had stabilised overnight – but the baby’s condition had worsened to critical.