Israeli police: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing
Bezalel Smotrich, whose Jewish Home party is a powerful partner of Netanyahu’s conservative Likud, voiced suspicion about the leak of the wedding video, which Channel 10 said had originally been seized by state investigators.
Israeli authorities are expected to soon raise charges against Jewish extremists suspected in a July arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed a toddler and his parents – a case that has been unsolved for months and that helped fuel the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence. “Whoever dances at a wedding and celebrates the murder of a sleeping baby is not Jewish and not Israeli”.
The toddler’s grandfather, Mohammad Hamoud, learned about the video… and was at a loss for words. Prime Minister Netanyahu slammed its contents, saying, “The shocking images broadcast tonight show the true face of a group that constitutes a threat to Israeli society and Israel’s security”.
Israeli Foreign Minister spokesman Emanuel Nahshon called the incident “disgusting”.
Israel says the unrelenting violence is fanned by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement.
Medical officials in Gaza city said that Hani Wahdan, 22, was killed after Israeli soldiers shot him during the clashes east of al-Shuja’eya neighborhood east of Gaza city.
Following the condemnation of the video, the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, passed a law to further entrench governmental support for Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank, on Thursday morning. You disgrace your skullcap, your prayer shawl, and the name of God.
Later on Thursday afternoon, two Israelis were injured in a rock-throwing attack near Adam junction in Samaria.
Nearly daily stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians have killed 20 Israelis and a USA citizen since October.
“He should be put behind bars as quickly as possible”, he added. In it, military-grade rifles and pistols are passed from person-to-person, including children, as a dancing guest takes the knife to a picture of Ali.
Israeli newspaper columnists compared those involved to both Hamas and Isis, among them Ariela Ringel-Hoffman in Yedioth Ahronoth.
Shortly afterward, the Israeli military said a Palestinian wielding a screwdriver was shot dead after he tried to stab security forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint for violence.
The Associated Press reports the incident happened as Israeli forces were attempting to control of a group of rioting young Palestinians. Twenty Israelis and an American student have died and at least 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 82 identified by Israel as assailants, according to the AP.