Palestinian attacker shot dead after ramming vehicle into Israelis in West
“There is no way she wanted to run over soldiers”. Security officers at the checkpoint called on her several times to stop and when she did not fired warning shots in the air and then at her. She died at the scene.
Meir Rubinstein, the mayor of Beitar Illit, said that while a tragedy was averted, people in the settlement were “determined to go on, to continue with our routine”, according to Sky News.
Also today, six Israelis were wounded in three separate attacks by Palestinians across the West Bank.
Hebron has 200,000 Palestinian residents with about 500 Israeli settlers living in the centre, protected by an army-patrolled buffer zone.
Family members told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers took measurements inside and outside of the house, and told the family they “would come back to demolish the house”.
Zaid said the Israeli forces ordered him to leave the area and he returned to the other side of the checkpoint. The soldiers seized files, money, computers, printers, and surveillance cameras, locals told Ma’an.
Two Palestinians were wounded by live fire, Palestinian medics said. Israeli authorities say most of the Palestinians were killed while attacking or attempting to stab or shoot Israeli civilians, police or soldiers.
Separately, three Israelis were wounded in the West Bank, two of them shot near the Cave of the Patriarchs, a shrine holy to Muslims and Jews in the city of Hebron, and a third stabbed outside the Jewish settlement of Beit El, the military said.
The shots were fired from a distance as Jewish worshippers left after prayers linked to Sarah, the matriarch believed to be buried at the site.
“They both apparently knew they were being searched for by Israeli intelligence and realized it would be better to turn themselves in to the Palestinian forces”, said security sources.
Deadly attacks continued to rage in the West Bank yesterday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sit-down with President Obama to discuss the almost two-month wave of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Published by the Israel Democracy Institute, the poll’s findings reflect hardening attitudes among Jewish Israelis at a time when unrest has spread throughout Israel, the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Israel has blamed the violence on incitement by Palestinian political and religious leaders. Palestinians say the attacks stem from a lack of hope for gaining independence after years of failed peace efforts.
In addition to stabbings, Palestinians have also carried out shooting attacks and used vehicles to attack Israelis.
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has served as a flashpoint for tensions and violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the past.