“Unfortunately, in Israel, they are not immune to terrorist attacks and these things tend to happen seemingly out of the blue and occasionally but usually Tel Aviv is somewhat immune to it, these things tend to happen more in Jerusalem or where there are settlements in the West Bank”, said Sundgaard.
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Israel’s cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv may amount to collective punishment, which is banned under global law, according to the office of the UN’s top human rights official.
The two gunmen themselves were both apprehended at the scene, and one is being treated in an Israeli hospital.
Following the shooting, Israeli forces barred all Palestinians from entering the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestinian.
Israel suspended thousands of travel permits to Israel given to Palestinians to visit Israel during the current Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Israel’s delegation to the United Nations has responded to Hussein’s statement, accusing the United Nations of “cynicism and double standards”, as well as “using the murder of Israelis to attack Israel”.
A suspected Palestinian attacker was shot by IDF soldiers on Friday afternoon as he attempted to stab security forces near the West Bank village of Beit Furik, south of Nablus. Eyewitnesses say the Palestinians were sitting at a restaurant when they pulled guns out of their bags and started shooting people. The town has been completely sealed by Israeli forces, with no Palestinians allowed to leave except for humanitarian or medical cases.
Israel’s heavily militarised border crossings were previously closed for two days in May during Remembrance Day and Independence Day commemorations and the measure is frequently imposed over Jewish holidays.
Israel regularly demolishes the homes of alleged attackers in what it describes as a deterrent.
Trump said that while the investigation into the attack is ongoing, it was “despicable” that Palestinian militant group Hamas had called the attackers heroes.
About two weeks ago, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered that the bodies of Palestinians killed during attacks would no longer be given back to their families for burial.
Israel’s Shin Bet security service believes there are many more Palestinian terror cells operating in the West Bank, and they could see Ramadan as an opportunity to strike soft targets like Tel Aviv, so police have beefed up security at crowded public places, such as malls and bus stations.
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Simon Reynolds, legal advocacy coordinator at Bethlehem-based Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, told MEE this week that the siege of Yatta may be prosecutable as a war crime. The two Palestinians are now in Israeli custody, one of whom was wounded during the shoot-out.
