The 2021 Tapuah Junction shooting was a drive-by shooting attack carried by Muntasir Shalabi, a 44 years old Palestinian-American. The attack took place on May 2, 2021, at Tapuach Junction in the West Bank. The attack resulted the death of 19 years old Yeshiva student named Yehuda Guetta, and the injury of 2 additional Yeshiva students.[1]
Tapuah Junction is a major intersection in the West Bank, located near the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach in the West Bank. It has been the site of multiple Palestinian attacks against soldiers and civilians over the years due to its strategic location and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Attack
On May 2, 2021, a Muntasir Shalabi drove by a bus station in Tapuah Junction and opened fire Towards a group of Israeli Yeshiva students waiting at a bus stop at the junction. using a pistol, the shooter managed to critically injured Yehuda Guetta, who died from his wounds three days later, on May 5.[2][3] Two other students were also injured, one seriously and the other lightly.[1] The three students were students of Yeshivat Itamar, that located in Itamar and were on their way to the Yeshivah.[2]
Aftermath
Israeli security forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrator. On May 6, 2021, Israeli forces arrested the perpetrator, Muntasser Shalabi, a Palestinian-American from the town of Turmus Ayya.[4] He was convicted of carrying out the shooting in 5 January 2022 and was sentenced 2 life sentences for his action.[5]
Israeli leaders condemned the attack.[7] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed condolences to Guetta's family, and visted one of the wonded studentds.[8]
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