Palestinian stabs 3 in central Israeli city

The perpetrators broke a window and threw three tear gas bombs inside the home, where Hussein al-Najjar, his wife, and their 9-month-old son were sleeping.

Three Palestinians were killed Friday in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank and Gaza, the latest in three months of near-daily Palestinian attacks and violence roiling the region.

Police officers and Civil Administration officials are on the scene and an investigation has been opened. The neighbors came and helped get us out of house.

According to a press release from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), human rights defenders have been subjected to physical attacks, harassment, arrest and detention, and death threats, in an apparent bid by Israeli authorities and settler elements to stop their peaceful and important work.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian driver who tried to ram them with his auto in the town of Silwad, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Locals told Ma’an that snipers deployed on rooftops as groups of soldiers surrounded the home of 24-year-old Salih Jueidi, a resident of the camp.

A wave of violence since the start of October has claimed the lives of 123 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean. Court documents released on Monday showed that a lawyer for one of the suspects alleged that violent interrogation methods were being used against his client.

An unspecified number of Jewish suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism, and prosecutors say they are preparing to indict them. Asked on Army Radio on Tuesday whether the detainees were being tortured by the Shin Bet, Security Cabinet member Naftali Bennett said “exceptional actions” were being taken in response to an exceptional situation, but under tight legal scrutiny.

On Monday, dozens of right-wing protesters attempted to block a highway leading into Jerusalem, but were prevented from doing so by law enforcement officers, a police spokesperson said.