June 2010 West Bank shooting

The 14 June 2010 West Bank shooting was a Palestinian terror
Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was a response to the recent Gaza flotilla raid.
Two weeks earlier, gunmen from Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades had injured two Israeli civilians in a shooting attack on the same road and for the same stated reason.
Meanwhile, the assailants apparently drove to the nearby Palestinian town of Dir Ibzah, left their car there and hid among the area's olive trees.
The other victims were taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.
Response
Israeli police and army forces were immediately dispatched to the area in search of the shooters. The Israel Defense Forces instructed residents of nearby settlements Otniel and Beit Hagai to remain inside their homes until the end of the search.
Claims of responsibility
A group calling itself the "Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - Imad Mughniyeh Group" claimed responsibility for the killing. The faction, named afer a Hezbollah leader assassinated in Damascus in 2007, had released similar announcements after previous terror attacks.
However, according to Israeli journalists Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, it is unclear whether any such group really exists. They argue that the label could be a cover used as a decoy to divert the attention of Israeli authorities.
Statements
Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch released a statement saying, "Today we have seen that the relative quiet is deceitful and we cannot know when it will be broken. I send my condolences to the family of First Sergeant Shuki Sofer, and I hope the injured will recover swiftly." He added that the police, IDF and Shin Bet would "do everything to quickly capture those responsible for this terrorist attack."

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