A young Palestinian died of his wounds from a Jerusalem bus bombing this week, an Israeli hospital said Wednesday.
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According to a statement issued by the Shin Bet, the new group was active in the northern West Bank before and after the Duma murders and was behind a number of attacks including an arson attack on an inhabited Palestinian home.
He stressed that Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas military wing, will not accept but for an honourable deal. Later in the day, Gaza’s militant Hamas group said the attacker behind the bus bombing was a Hamas member, but stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.
The Hamas statement referred to Abu Srour, a resident of the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem, as “our son”.
More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since October and almost 30 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks.
“These forces are patrolling in all public places, bus stations, shopping malls, tram stations”, he said. The flames scorched an adjacent bus, as well as a nearby vehicle.
Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene after an explosion tore through a bus in Jerusalem on Monday and set a second bus on fire, in what an Israeli official said was a bombing, Israel, April 18, 2016.
Two people were eventually charged in the case, following months of investigation, with Palestinians furious over its slow pace. Serious charges would be filed against the six in the coming days, the security service said.
Israel blames incitement by Palestinian leaders and media as a main cause of the violence.
Most of the attacks have been stabbings, while car-rammings and shootings have also occurred. He was left bleeding on the ground for the entire time, until Azaria shot the completely incapacitated Palestinian in the head.
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While Israel has been dealing with a wave of vigilante-style attacks by suspected Jewish extremists in recent years, the deadly 2015 firebombing sparked soul-searching across the nation. “The arrests followed temporary ban on right-wing activists from entering Jerusalem during the holiday after reports they planned to take goats to Temple Mount, where Jewish worship is forbidden”. Michael Pearson wrote from Atlanta.
