Two people were severely wounded on Monday evening in a shooting incident near Ramat Gilad in Samaria. The incident occurred on Highway 55 between Kedumim and Karnei Shomron, near Ramat Gilad.

A preliminary investigation found that two police officers and an IDF soldier who were traveling in a squad car identified a suspicious group of young Jews moving in the area between Karnei Shomron and Ramat Gilat.

The investigation found that one of the officers and the soldier set out on foot to pursue the suspects, and during an ensuing confrontation, they shot two members of the group.

According to the security forces' version of the events, the officer and soldier claimed that they were assaulted during the confrontation and that the officer was sprayed with mace. A senior security official called the incident "a severe incident which should not have ended as it did."

The Israel Police updated that "due to the involvement of a police officer and a soldier in the incident, the Department of Internal Police Investigations and the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division were summoned to the scene."

On Tuesday the Police Internal Investigations Unit stated that "a team arrived overnight at the scene of the shooting incident in Samaria where two civilians were injured and opened an investigation. Later, an officer was questioned under warning on suspicion of illegal discharge of a firearm."

The unit also stated that following the questioning, the officer was released to house arrest until Friday, will be banned from police stations and facilities for 8 days, and is forbidden from contacting those involved in the incident.

MDA paramedics and EMTs who tended to the scene recounted: "We say a man of about 30 unconscious and a man of about 20 partially conscious, both suffering penetration wounds. We provided medical care, evacuated them from the scene using an MDA ATV, and took them to the hospital by ambulance."

Meanwhile, the IDF reported that IDF and Israel Border Police Forces were dispatched to the area of Al Funduq in the last hour after receiving reports regarding riots in the area.

Dozens of right-wing extremists reportedly rioted in the area of Al Funduq and set fire to vehicles there.