IDF troops and medics are responding to reports of shooting at the Tayasir check

IDF troops and medics are responding to reports of shooting at the Tayasir checkpoint in the northern West Bank near the Palestinian town of the same name.

There are at least six injured in the shooting near Tayasir in the northern West Bank, first responders say.
One assailant was "neutralised," medics add.

A Palestinian gunman who opened fire at an army checkpoint near the northern West Bank village of Tayasir was killed, a military source says.

Troops stationed at the checkpoint and another force dispatched to the scene exchanged fire with the gunman, after which he was killed.

At least six were taken to hospitals for treatment after being wounded in the attack.

2 Air Force helicopters that were called to the scene.