Palestinian shoots dead 3 Israelis at settlement near Jerusalem

HAR ADAR, West Bank — A Palestinian shot dead an Israeli policeman and two security guards at the entrance to the settlement where he worked near Jerusalem on Tuesday, an attack Israeli officials said could have “serious implications” for the passage of tens of thousands of Palestinians who have Israeli work permits.

The attacker, who was killed on the scene, was crossing through a security checkpoint to Har Adar from his neighboring village of Beit Surik, around 500 yards away, when he opened fire just after 7 a.m., residents and security officials said. Another Israeli was seriously injured and transferred to hospital, police said.

The militant group Hamas praised the attack, calling it a “new chapter” in Jerusalem’s intifada, but did not claim responsibility.

The 37-year-old Palestinian was well-known in Har Adar — a wealthy community of luxury villas established in the 1980s — where he worked cleaning homes.

“Most of the people who lived here knew him,” said Yitzhak Rabihya, a resident of Har Adar. “It’s such a surprise here. We are a small community.”

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