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Saturday 7 May 2022
Israel searches for attackers who killed 3 in mass stabbing

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Elad, according to a state-
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli se- ment from Lapid’s office.
curity forces took part in a Palestinian President Mah-
massive manhunt Friday for moud Abbas, whose gov-
two Palestinians suspected ernment administers auton-
of carrying out a stabbing omous zones in the Israeli-
rampage near Tel Aviv that occupied West Bank and
left three Israelis dead. cooperates with Israel on
The stabbing on Thursday, security, also condemned
Israel’s Independence the attack.
Day, was the latest in a se- “The killing of Palestinian
ries of deadly assaults deep and Israeli civilians leads
inside the country in recent only to more deterioration
weeks. It came as Israeli- at a time when all of us
Palestinian tensions were try to achieve stability and
already heightened by vio- prevent escalation,” the
lence at a major holy site in official Wafa news agency
Jerusalem sacred to Jews quoted him as saying.
and Muslims. The Palestinian militant
Police said they were group Hamas, which rules
searching for two suspects, the Gaza Strip, praised the
19 and 20 years old, from attack and linked it to vio-
the town of Jenin in the oc- lence at the Jerusalem holy
cupied West Bank, which Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners encircle a man overcome with grief at the funeral for Yonatan site.
Havakuk and Boaz Gol, a day after they were killed in a stabbing attack in Elad, Israel, Friday,
has re-emerged as a mili- May 6, 2022. “The storming of Al-Aqsa
tant bastion in the latest Associated Press Mosque can’t go unpun-
wave of violence the worst ished,” Hamas spokesman
Israel has seen in years. Sev- vehicle. 16 children. Ben Yiftah, 35 on the West Bank, imposed Hazem Qassem said. “The
eral attackers have come Medics described a horrific years old and the father of ahead of the holiday to heroic operation in Tel Aviv
from in or around Jenin, scene in Elad, an ultra-Or- six, was from the central city prevent Palestinians from is a practical translation of
and Israeli forces have thodox town near Tel Aviv. of Lod. The city’s mayor, entering Israel, to remain in what the resistance had
launched arrest raids that In addition to the three Yair Revivo, said “our heart effect until Sunday. warned against.”
have ignited gunbattles killed, four others were breaks into tiny pieces” in a In Washington, Secretary The Al-Aqsa Mosque com-
there. wounded, one of them crit- Facebook post, calling it a of State Antony Blinken pound is the third holiest
“We will get our hands on ically. Police said at least “great tragedy.” condemned the “horrific site in Islam and is built on
the terrorists and their sup- one of the assailants wield- Israel marked its Indepen- attack targeting innocent a hilltop that is the holiest
portive environment, and ed an axe in the attack. dence Day on Thursday, men and women.” site for Jews, who refer to it
they will pay the price,” Is- Israeli media identified a festive national holiday Israeli Foreign Minister Yair as the Temple Mount. It lies
raeli Prime Minister Naftali those killed as Yonatan Ha- in which people typically Lapid spoke with his Emi- at the emotional heart of
Bennett said after huddling vakuk, Boaz Gol and Oren hold barbecues and at- rati counterpart, Sheikh the conflict, and Palestin-
with senior security officials Ben Yiftah, three fathers tend air shows. Abdullah bin Zayed Al Na- ians and Israeli police have
late Thursday. Authorities in their 30s and 40s who Defense Minister Benny hyan, who “strongly con- clashed there repeatedly
said the attackers fled in a together are survived by Gantz extended a closure demned” the attack in in recent weeks.q

Australia seeks friendship with Solomons despite China pact

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s added. country.
defense minister said Fri- He said Sogavare “didn’t Sogavare did not name
day that his nation wants to have a bad word to say the opponents.
continue having a strong about Australia” in the Both the United States and
friendship with the Solomon leadup to signing the pact Australia have said a Chi-
Islands despite it signing a with China last month. nese military presence in
security pact with China. “He’s not saying that he the Solomons less than
Speaking on Australia’s doesn’t trust Australia or 2,000 kilometers (1,200
Nine Network “Today” that he’s unhappy with miles) from northeastern
show, Peter Dutton said the relationship, quite the Australia would not be tol-
Solomon Islands Prime Min- opposite, in fact, but the erated.
ister Manasseh Sogavare Chinese operate by a very They haven’t been more
has been very clear that different rule than we do,” specific.
he is not going to allow a Dutton said. “We see that in The pact has become an is-
Chinese military base to Africa and elsewhere, and sue in campaigning before
be built on the islands and the presence of a security Australia holds elections on
Australia is taking him at his force within the Solomon Is- May 21.
word. lands is a key aspect of the Prime Minister Scott Morri-
“The deal that has been agreement that they’ve son has defended his gov-
signed between the Solo- signed.” ernment’s management of
Australian Minister of Defense Peter Dutton, poses for a group
photograph with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, mon Islands and China al- Sogavare told lawmakers relations with the Solomon
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd lows for a security presence in Parliament this week that Islands, while opposition
Austin at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. on the Solomon Islands, opponents of the security leaders have said the pact
16, 2021. that’s the whole basis of pact have demonstrated a is an Australian foreign poli-
Associated Press the agreement,” Dutton lack of trust and insulted his cy failure.q