September 2010 West Bank shooting

The 26 September 2010 West Bank shooting was a Palestinian terror attack near Teneh Omarim, on Route 60 in the West Bank. Nine-month pregnant Israeli woman Neta Schoker and her husband Sharon, both 35, were wounded.
The attack took place close to where the August 2010 West Bank shooting killed four Israeli settlers, including a pregnant woman. Both the husband and wife sustained gunshots to their legs, and managed to drive themselves to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. The woman gave birth by Cesarean section to a healthy baby boy, and received treatment for her wounds.
According to Israeli police, the assailants' vehicle fled the scene southwards. Israeli soldiers set up roadblocks at the entrance to the adjacent Palestinian village of Dahariya and searched homes.
The military wings of Fatah (the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The groups declared in a statement that "the attack was carried out to mark the 15th anniversary of the killing of the Islamic Jihad's founder Fathi Shaqaqi." However, some members of both organizations denied having any knowledge of the statement.
The attack was part of a spate of shootings which coincided with the renewal of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Islamist Palestinian faction Hamas, which came out vocally against the talks, claimed responsibility for the attacks and warned of further attacks.

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