Tens of thousands of people attended funerals in the West Bank on Saturday for Palestinians killed in violence over the past few months during a period of near-daily Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. On the same day, another attacker, Alaa Abu Jamal, rammed his auto into pedestrians and then stabbed people, killing one, according to AP.
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The stabber, identified by Israel Police as a 17-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem who holds Israeli citizenship, was shot by police at the scene and evacuated to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. The home consisted of one floor and three apartments.
Ms Abu Jamal lived with her husband and two children.
A Palestinian man’s apparent plan to stab Israelis in Jerusalem Sunday was unwittingly obstructed when his knife bent upon stabbing his victim.
Allyan was shot dead while Ghanem was arrested. They were taken by police for questioning. Rights groups say the demolitions are collective punishment.
Since the current round of Israeli-Palestinian violence erupted in mid-September, 21 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks.
Earlier on Monday, Israel destroyed the homes of two Palestinians who had carried out attacks in October.
A soldier was lightly injured Tuesday morning in a stabbing attack in the West Bank Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, the Israeli army said.
On Friday, the Israeli authorities handed over the bodies of 23 slain Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Saad Dawabsheh’s brother Naser said he hoped the defendants would receive the maximum penalty but was sceptical of Israel’s seriousness in prosecuting the case. It remains under Israel’s military control until present days, while the International Court of Justice has said in its 2004 ruling those territories can be called “occupied” under customary international law, and Israel has therefore a status of occupying power.
