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Seven Israelis, including a pregnant woman, were wounded in a terrorist ‎shooting at a bus stop near the Samaria settlement of ‎Ofra on Sunday evening.

Security camera footage posted on ‎‎social media showed a white car approaching the bus stop and slowing down, then a man inside opening ‎fire on the people waiting at the stop, who scramble for cover. ‎The car comes to a stop for a few ‎moments and the ‎shooting intensifies, then it speeds away as IDF troops rush to the scene. ‎

A 21-year-old pregnant woman was critically wounded ‎in the attack and was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical ‎Center in Jerusalem, where doctors performed an ‎emergency Cesarean section ‎to save her and her ‎baby.‎

On ‎‎Monday morning, the hospital said ‎the woman’s condition had ‎‎stabilized, upgrading her condition from critical to ‎serious.‎ However, the condition of her newborn son, delivered in ‎the 30th week of pregnancy, had ‎deteriorated from ‎serious to critical, the hospital said. ‎

‎”Both mother and ‎child have a long way to go before ‎they are out of ‎danger,” said Shaare Zedek ‎‎Medical ‎Director Professor Yonatan Halevy.‎

The other victims of the attack, including two 16-‎year-old girls, ‎were rushed to the Hadassah Ein Kerem ‎Hospital in Jerusalem with minor to moderate ‎injuries.‎

The IDF believes two terrorists were involved in the attack. Security forces raided the Palestinian ‎town of Silwad, northeast of ‎Ramallah, toward which the car was seen driving. ‎

Silwad is a known hub of Hamas activity in the West ‎Bank.‎

Roadblocks have been erected throughout the area as ‎‎military and Border Police forces continue to ‎canvass Palestinian ‎villages. ‎

‎”Shots were fired at Israeli civilians standing at a ‎bus station from a passing Palestinian vehicle. IDF ‎troops nearby responded by firing towards the ‎vehicle, which fled. Security forces are currently ‎searching the area,” the IDF said on its ‎Twitter page. ‎

Later it added, “IDF and Border Police ‎troops continue to search the area for the ‎terrorists, and intelligence efforts are ongoing as ‎well. The IDF will spare no effort to apprehend the ‎terrorists and ensure the residents’ security.”‎

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement ‎saying, “This was a very serious terrorist attack. ‎We are all praying for the young mother and her baby, ‎and wish the wounded a speedy recovery. We will not ‎rest until we find these heinous terrorists and ‎bring them to justice.”‎

President Reuven Rivlin also issued a statement saying, “Our ‎hearts go out to the wounded, among them a young ‎mother who brought life into this world out of the ‎inferno, and we pray for their speedy recovery. Our ‎thoughts are with security forces, who are sparing ‎no effort to apprehend the terrorists.” ‎

Hamas issued a statement lauding the attack.‎

‎”This incident proves that there is resistance in ‎the West Bank, despite the occupation’s attempts to ‎quash it. Operations against the occupation in the ‎West Bank will continue,” the terrorist group said.‎