Israeli army: Palestinian gunman kills Israeli in West Bank

“Security sources told WAFA that armed Israeli soldiers opened fire at Mohammad Mahmoud Tarayra [Taraireh] for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler”.

State Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that Hallel was a USA citizen. She died on her way to a hospital. Hallel was a US national.

To see Ariel’s room, “to see the blood stains next to her bed and the books and clothes of a small child, this is shocking”, Netanyahu added during his visit to the settlement Friday. “Hallel, may your memory be a blessing”. Palestinian clans in the West Bank can have thousands of members. They also launched the process to demolish his family home.

The man who shot Thompson has a valid concealed weapons permit and will not be facing charges, deputies say.

Gen. Hossein Salami also hit out at officials in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern region and other unnamed regional powers accused of provoking unrest along Iran’s western and northwestern borders, where Iranian forces have clashed with Kurdish separatists. “This brutal act of terrorism is simply unconscionable”.

Roughly 7,800 Israelis live in Kiryat Arba, which sits on the edge of the largest Palestinian city, Hebron.

The gunman attacked the auto on route 60, the main north-south road through the West Bank, close to the Jewish settlement of Otniel and the Palestinian village of Fawar.

Trump’s statements on the two murders highlight his consistent focus on the responsibility of Palestinian leadership in inciting violence and terror against Israel. Israel’s policy has been to destroy the family homes of the assailants.

Amro denounced the killing but said the Israeli occupation was to blame.

They point out that 80 Palestinian attacks on Israelis since September originated in and around Hebron.

The previous defence minister, Moshe Ya’alon, was more reluctant to cause widespread disruption to Palestinian life, arguing that it only increased tensions. He was killed by security services in Ariel’s house, where he stabbed her to death in her bedroom.

Thirty-five Israelis have now been killed in a wave of knife, gun and car-ramming attacks since October.

The measures, including increasing Israel’s military presence in the West Bank and described as “the most substantial” in two years, come after a surge in nine months of violence and as Muslims near the end of their holy fasting month of Ramadan. Both were wounded and a civilian shot the Palestinian dead, according to Israeli police.

But Israeli politicians, including Education Minister Naftali Bennett called for more action and suggested the imprisonment or expulsion of terrorists’ families, saying that Israel should also resume full military activity in West Bank areas that are under the control of the Palestinian Authority.

The Quartet on the Middle East has called on Israel to stop settlement construction and Palestinians to stamp out terrorism.

The army said no decision had been taken on how long the closure would remain in place, but Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan said it should stay “for an extended period of time”.

Information for this article was contributed by Josef Federman, Mohammed Daraghmeh and Edith M. Lederer of The Associated Press and by Ruth Eglash of The Washington Post.