2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack
On 19 November 2015, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a line of traffic near Alon Shvut in the West Bank and continued to fire as he drove the car towards Gush Etzion Junction where he lost control of the vehicle, which then crashed into another vehicle. He killed 3 people, and wounded 5. The attack took place during the 2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Attack. The attack took place at around 4:35 P.M. The gunman fired an Uzi submachine gun at cars stuck in traffic, and, when his car crashed, stepped  out of the vehicle to continue shooting. The attacker was immobilized by a driver, Yuval Lasri, who told reporters that, " I didn’t shoot at him because I wasn’t sure that he was the terrorist, but then I saw the gun next to him and understood that he was.” Context. This attack shocked the nation coming, as it did, after a period of calm, free of terror attacks. Together with the stabbing at a synagogue in Tel Aviv that occurred only a few hours earlier, it was, "the bloodiest day in Israel since this latest round of Palestinian violence  began back in September." Victims. Two Israeli women, one injured in the car crash, the other by gunfire, were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Attacker. The shooter was Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub (24), from Dir Smat near Hebron. He had procured over $10,000 in guns and ammunition and had been training for the attack for several months, assisted by several adults. He committed the murders to celebrate his birthday, the day of the attack. His mother later told reporters that she was proud of her son. Impact. Security measures in response to these murders include a temporary  order to stop and search all Palestinian vehicles nearing the intersection, revocation of legal permits to work in Israel held by the extended family of the terrorist, and the planning of bypass roads to separate Israeli vehicles from Palestinian vehicles at this spot.