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Three Palestinians Killed, Israeli Soldiers Wounded as Violence Flares

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02/06/20
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Palestinian demonstrators throw stones at Israeli security forces during protests along the border with Israel in the Gaza Strip on July 12, 2019

Palestinian demonstrators throw stones at Israeli security forces during protests along the border with Israel in the Gaza Strip on July 12, 2019. Photo: Mahmud Hams, AFP

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A car-ramming targeting Israeli troops in Jerusalem wounded 14 people Thursday and two Palestinians were shot dead in the occupied West Bank in rising violence following Washington’s controversial Middle East “peace” plan.

A third person was killed by Israeli officers near the entrance to the Old City in annexed east Jerusalem after firing on police, lightly injuring one.

A manhunt was underway for the driver in the car-ramming, who fled the scene in the heart of west Jerusalem after the attack, which took place shortly before 2:00 am (0000 GMT).

The attacker struck on the road where the soldiers had been marching, the army said, adding that one of the troops was “severely injured” and rushed to the hospital.

Public radio said they were new recruits on their way to an induction ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the driver had been identified.

“The vehicle was found and now there is a manhunt taking place by counterterrorism and military units for the terrorist,” Rosenfeld told AFP at the scene.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “it is only a question of time — and not much time – until we apprehend the attacker.

A spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas blamed U.S. President Donald Trump‘s peace proposal for the unrest.

“It was the deal of the century that created this atmosphere of escalation and tension,” Nabil Abu Rudeinah said.

The Islamist Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, hailed the car-ramming as a “practical response” to Trump’s plan.

In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the attack was part of the “resistance operation” but stopped short of claiming responsibility.

Soaring Tensions 

The Palestinians have angrily rejected Trump’s plan, which unilaterally gives Israel most of what it has sought in previous negotiations including an “undivided capital” in Jerusalem.

Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner was scheduled to meet U.N. Security Council members on Thursday to present the plan, which he drew up.

Abbas is due at the U.N. next week to express opposition to the U.S. initiative, which among other provisions gives Israel Washington’s blessing to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law, as are the settlements in those territories which the plan would bring under Israeli “sovereignty.”

While the initial Palestinian response to the plan saw little violence, tensions have soared in recent days.

In the northern West Bank town of Jenin on Thursday, Israeli forces shot dead two people – 19-year-old Yazan Abu Tabikh and Palestinian policeman Tareq Badwan.

The Israeli army said it had gone to the area to demolish the home of a Palestinian involved in the killing of a Jewish settler in 2018.

Israeli troops shoot teen dead in West Bank clashes, Palestinians say https://t.co/Q5hLm8lX3O

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Troops then shot at Palestinians who had gathered in opposition to the demolition.

According to the Israeli army, some of the demonstrators had “hurled explosive devices and fired towards them.”

Palestinian sources said that Abu Tabikh was among the protesters when he was killed, but Badwan was in the courtyard of a police station close to the clashes when he was hit.

Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters troops had shot a member of the Palestinian security forces and the army was investigating.

“The specific situation is unclear,” he said. “Whether he fired at Israeli troops and then they retaliated and he was injured, or somebody else fired at Israeli troops and they retaliated and he was caught in the middle.”

There was an additional exchange of gunfire at a junction near Ramallah in the West Bank that wounded one Israeli soldier, the army said.

Following the day of unrest, the army said that it had decided to “reinforce Judea and Samaria Division with additional combat troops,” using the biblical terms for the West Bank.

Gaza Flare-Up 

In the shooting at the entrance of Jerusalem’s walled Old City, police identified the gunman as an Arab resident of northern Israel who recently converted to Islam and is known to authorities over previous crimes.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions early Thursday, after Palestinians fired rockets or mortar rounds at Israel and launched incendiary balloons.

Since Trump’s plan was announced, there has been almost daily fire from Gaza into southern Israel, drawing Israeli retaliation.

There have been no reported casualties.


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