A video taken by hospital security cameras shows the Israeli raiding party coming into the hospital, a few wearing fake beards and others women’s clothing and then pulling out firearms and rushing the surgical ward. He was identified by hospital workers as a cousin of the Palestinian suspect.
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The fighters seized Abdallah Azzam al-Shalalda, 27, who was lying injured in a bed in the West Bank hospital and shot dead his cousin who was visiting him.
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, praised the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility for it. Since mid-September, most of the Palestinian attacks have been stabbings, targeting seemingly random pedestrians or people passing by, but Friday’s attack appeared to be more carefully planned and executed.
Eleven Israelis have also been killed during the same period. Toner and other officials stressed only that Washington opposed any boycotting of Israel, while saying the EU’s response “shouldn’t come as a surprise” given Israel’s continued construction of settlements on land the Palestinians seek for their future state.
Two Israeli settlers were shot and killed by a Palestinian attacker on Friday afternoon as they drove through the southern Hebron Hills.
Israeli media reported that the attack happened near the city of Hebron and that the two were father and son.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said he was shot after attacking the Israeli forces.
Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces as two Israeli settlers are killed in alleged Palestinian shooting attack.
Twelve Israelis have been stabbed to death, shot dead or run over and killed in attacks by Palestinians.
“The fact that Abdullah Shalaldah was shot in the head and upper body suggests this was an extrajudicial execution, adding to a disturbing pattern of similar recent incidents by Israeli forces in the West Bank which warrant urgent investigation”.
There has been a wave of violence across Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank since October 1, fuelled in part by dispute over access to a site in Jerusalem holy to both Muslims and Jews.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and PA President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during a joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 13, 2015.
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has said the labelling smacks of discrimination and anti-Semitism. Although such products will not be banned, Israel fears the labels will be a political stigma and could lead to a fuller boycott.
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Israel’s Supreme Court stated on Thursday it might not intervene to stop the demolition of 5 homes belonging to Palestinians accused or suspected of involvement in three current lethal assaults on Israelis.
