A Jewish Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded in Qalqilya on the West Bank on Monday evening. Two Palestinians were also wounded in the attack, and the terrorist was killed by Israeli forces.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the gunman opened fire near a car repair shop in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city. Israeli forces caught the shooter just outside the city as he attempted to flee.

The PA identified him as Tariq Daoud, 18, and said that his body was being held by Israeli authorities. According to Hamas, he was a “field commander” in the terrorist group’s military wing.

Daoud was released from prison as part of last November’s ceasefire deal with the Gaza-based terrorist group that saw Palestinian security prisoners released for Israeli civilians captured by Hamas during the October 7 attack.

Since his release, Israeli forces have raided his home many times as he immediately returned to terrorist activity, according to Channel 14 reporter Hillel Biton Rosen.

Israelis are barred from entering areas controlled by the P.A., but some do so anyway as the prices for goods and services are significantly lower there than in Israel.

Amnon Muchtar, 66, from Petach Tikvah in central Israel, was shot and killed in Qalqilya in June. The father of five reportedly owned a vegetable store and was said to have traveled to Qalqilya to buy produce.

“The IDF emphasises that the entrance of Israeli civilians into Area A is dangerous and prohibited by law,” the IDF said on Monday night.

On Sunday, Israeli Yonatan Deutsch, 23, from the city of Beit She’an, was murdered in a terrorist shooting on Route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. 

The two latest attacks are part of a surge in terrorism since October 7. A total of 338 attacks have taken place since the war began, mostly in the West Bank.