Two Israelis killed in Tel Aviv knife attack

The first attack saw a 36-year-old Palestinian storm an office building in commercial capital Tel Aviv with a knife, killing two Israelis.

The attacks were the latest in a wave of violence that has left 16 Israelis, an Eritrean man and nearly 90 Palestinians – majority assailants – dead over the past seven weeks.

The attack took place in the early afternoon in a vehicle park outside a synagogue near the Panorama building on Ben Zvi Street, the main highway linking the Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange with Jaffa.

The shooter opened fire and tried to flee the scene before “intentionally” ramming his vehicle into a group of pedestrians, according to the Israeli army.

Five more deaths has taken to 86 the number killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Further details remained unclear and there were varying reports on how the attack played out. The dead from the Gush Etzion attack are reported to be a 18 year-old tourist from the U.S., an Israeli man in his 50s, and a Palestinian sitting in a passenger seat. Several politicians have urged licensed gun owners to carry their weapons and there have been several bloody accidents.

Shortly after 9 a.m., Israeli Border Patrolmen at a security checkpoint to one of the gates of the Cave of the Patriarchs apprehended a 16-year-old Palestinian resident of Hebron in possession of a knife.

The United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on Thursday briefed the UN Security Council about the continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

A third man was injured in the attack in south Tel Aviv.

Two people, a Jewish Israeli and a Palestinian died at the scene.

An 18-year-old from Sharon was among three people killed Thursday in a shooting in the West Bank, according to the Israeli consulate.

“Given the clear evidence captured on videotape of the excessive use of force, it is hard to see how this sentence would promote full accountability for the actions of the police officer in this case”, State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

Also on Thursday, Israeli Maj.

Under interim peace agreements, Israel controls cellular networks in the West Bank. The agreement won’t enable 4G service for Palestinians, nor will it cover the Gaza Strip.