OUR Israeli Emergency services said a man was seriously injured today when his car was shot at in the West Bank city of Ouara, without identifying those involved.

According to the same source, his wife, who was in the car when she was shot, was taken to the hospital with post-traumatic shock.

According to Israeli media, there were also children in the car. According to preliminary data, the attacker fired 20 bullets into the car.

According to media reports, Israeli security forces detained the attacker after a short search.

In Egypt, Israeli and Palestinian officials

The incident took place today as Egypt hosts Israeli and Palestinian officials in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh as part of a US-Jordan-backed effort to contain a wave of violence in the West Bank ahead of the holy shrine for the Muslim month of Ramadan.

The five-day meeting follows a February 26 US-sponsored summit in Jordan, the first of its kind in recent years. During this session, pledges by Israel and Palestine to de-escalate were made, but they were contested by factions on both sides and failed to stop the violence on the ground.

The meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh “aims to support dialogue between the Palestinian and Israeli sides aimed at ending unilateral actions and escalation, as well as breaking the current cycle of violence and bringing about calm,” according to a statement released by the Defense Ministry. Egypt. Foreign affairs.

This could “help create a climate suitable for resuming the peace process,” he added.

The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan begins at the end of March.

In previous years, there have been clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians around the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem at the height of Ramadan, which this year coincides with the Jewish and Christian Passover.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters, dpa.}