At least two people have been killed and at least 30 injured in attacks in the Israeli capital and Raanana, Haaretz is reporting.
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The video, caught on closed-circuit television, shows about a minute-and-a-half of footage before and during the attack, in which three officers of the Border Police were wounded just outside the Old City.
Two assailants were involved in the Armon Hanatziv attack, and have been shot and subdued by police.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is holding consultations to determine a number of immediate steps to deal with the terror wave, including a closure on east Jerusalem neighborhoods – from where numerous attackers originate – and also making it easier for civilians to receive gun permits, according to the Public Security Ministry. Police are reporting that one Israeli has been killed while four have been critically injured.
Police said that they neutralized the attacker, but according to Time of Israel, he was not killed.
Following Tuesday morning’s attacks, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said that the Palestinian Authority has turned into an “incubator for fanatic terrorism” and Israel should consider halting its monthly financial transfers to it.
The real-time footage of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem at the Damascus Gate of the Old City.
“This follows a spate of violence in which stabbing attacks targeting Israelis by Palestinians are taking place on an nearly daily basis”.
Magen David Adom paramedics were at the scene.
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The attacker was taken into custody with serious injuries after being beaten by passersby to stop the attack, police and MDA officials said. AFP and Reuters report that the attacker was killed, as well as a 60-year-old Israeli.
