Police said they found two knives on the second body as well. Pictures taken by Palestinian photographers showed the couple lying dead on the ground. He said the siblings were beside each other when they were shot. She did not say when such a probe might be finished.
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“The storming of the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli occupation forces and the settlers is a violation of global laws and conventions”, Jordan’s Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani was quoted as saying by state-run Petra news agency.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma’an that Israeli forces denied Palestinian paramedics access to the victims for medical treatment.
Palestinian journalists run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal, who was arrested by Israeli authorities over the weekend, outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Samri said the Israeli forces then opened fire, killing the two.
“The [Israeli] police is working and will continue to work with determination against any attempt to disturb the public peace and security, without favoritism”, an Israeli police statement read. “It is nothing new”.
An ID card provided by Israel Police identifying 23-year-old Maram Abu Ismayil, shot dead for attempted stabbing in West Bank.
Some men tore down the posters as others plastered them on the walls. The Abu Ismail men said the husband and wife had been arguing lately. Only foreign nationals, Israeli citizens and Palestinians with Jerusalem identification cards can access Jerusalem through the auto lanes.
The slain brother and his sister are from Qotna village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem; Maram is Married and living with her husband and children in Beit Surik nearby village.
Asked if she had political motives, the men shook their heads.
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Separately, scuffles broke out between Palestinians and Israeli security at the al-Aqsa mosque compound after Jewish visitors apparently tried to pray there, in violation of current visitor rules.
