Analysts said it was a concerning new trend as the perpetrator had a permit to work in Israel, was married with five children and had no previous criminal record.
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On Saturday, the Israeli military raided a Palestinian radio station in Hebron and confiscated equipment it said was being used to broadcast calls to attack Israelis. Israel accuses Palestinian leaders of inciting the unrest.
More than a month of violence in the West Bank shows no signs of calming down.
Later, a Palestinian driving a taxi with a knife being shot dead, police said.
“He was all slashed and bloody”. “We’re a bit concerned about that and said so publicly”.
Of the recent announcement of the marketing of almost 500 Jewish housing units in eastern Jerusalem, the official said: “The Israelis have made settlement announcements repeatedly over – for decades now, and we continue to express our view very clearly publicly and very clearly privately on that”. A blood-spattered floor was littered with plastic gloves. A citizen nearby shot and killed the assailant, police spokeswoman Samri added. However, human rights organisations say many were shot dead in circumstances where the Israeli police and military have used unnecessary force.
Administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months.
Schwartz, who was from Sharon, Massachusetts, graduated this year from the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The U.S. Department of State said it extended its condolences to his family and friends. The army troops had fired on the group but could not confirm any injuries. But it has struggled to contain the seemingly spontaneous attacks.
Much of the violence has emanated from Hebron, the largest West Bank city, where hundreds of Israeli settlers live in heavily-guarded enclaves surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians.
“We’re not trying to make any kind of an agreement with the Israelis ourselves, and we’re certainly not trying to make any kind of agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians to resume negotiations or otherwise”.
The “confirmed terror attack” near the football stadium left four people wounded, one of them critically, according to the police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. 18 Israelis and an American student have been killed.
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It is the third Palestinian assailant killed by security forces amid attacks – and attempted ones – in the West Bank throughout the day.
