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WORLD NEWS 9
Saturday 14 November 2015

Palestinian kills 2 Israelis; 2 Palestinians die in clashes

Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, not far in the leg and three young agency later arrested five
from the Jewish settlement of Otniel, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on girls had minor scratches, Palestinians it said were
Friday, killing an Israeli father and son as they were driving in the West Bank and wounding at least he said. part of a Hamas cell that
one other person in the car, Israeli officials said, the latest in a nearly two-month rash of violence Hamas, the Islamic mili- had carried out the attack.
and almost daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. tant group that rules Gaza, The current round of blood-
praised the attack but shed was triggered by un-
(AP Photo/ Nasser Shiyoukhi) stopped short of claiming rest at a major Jerusalem
responsibility for it. shrine revered by both Mus-
Since mid-September, most lims and Jews, and quickly
of the Palestinian attacks spread to Israel, the West
have been stabbings, tar- Bank and the Gaza border.
geting seemingly random Israel has accused Palestin-
pedestrians or people ian political and religious
passing by, but Friday’s at- leaders of inciting the vio-
tack appeared to be more lence that is glorified in
carefully planned and ex- detail on Palestinian social
ecuted. media sites. So far in the
It was reminiscent of a two months of violence, 14
similar incident in October, Israelis have died, mostly
when Palestinians shot and in stabbing attacks, while
killed an Israeli couple in 81 Palestinians have been
front of their four children, killed. Israel says 51 of the
including a 4-months-old Palestinians were involved
infant, as the family was in assaults and the rest
driving in the West Bank. Is- died in clashes with security
rael’s Shin Bet intelligence forces.q

NEBI QENA fied enclaves in the city, Channel 10 released a
Associated Press amid tens of thousands of dramatic audio of a call it
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Pales- Palestinians. said was from one of the
tinian gunman ambushed The military says that over passengers in the car call-
an Israeli family in the West the past month, Palestin- ing rescue services as the
Bank on Friday, killing a ians have carried out doz- attack unfolded. In the
father and his son, while ens of attacks in Hebron recording, a man’s voice
clashes with Israeli security alone, including more than can be heard saying they
forces in the territory killed 20 stabbings, multiple as- have a passenger wound-
two Palestinians in the lat- saults with cars and other ed in the head and that an
est escalation of violence. vehicles and several shoot- ambulance from the Pales-
According to the Israeli ing attacks. tinian Red Crescent had ar-
military, the Palestinian at- Israeli media aired footage rived at the scene but sped
tacker opened fire as the from the aftermath of the away, leaving them there.
family was driving near the attack, showing a crashed The gunman used an AK-47
West Bank city of Hebron, car by the roadside. The re- assault rifle and more than
killing the father, who was ports said there were seven 10 bullets were fired, the TV
in his 40s, and his 18-year- members of a West Bank station said, adding that he
old son. settlement family in the car, had accomplices. The mili-
It was the latest in a two- driving home to celebrate tary said the attacker fled
month wave of violence in the Jewish Sabbath when the scene and that troops
which Palestinian assaults they were attacked. were searching the area.
on Israeli civilians and sol- Israeli Prime Minister Benja- Dr. Tzvi Perry from Soroka
diers have become an al- min Netanyahu expressed hospital in the southern Is-
most daily occurrence. He- condolences and vowed raeli town of Beersheba
bron, the largest West Bank to hunt down the attack- said “five wounded people
city, has been a particular ers. “We will find the despi- from the same family” were
flashpoint in the current cable murderers and bring brought to the hospital. The
round of Israeli-Palestinian them to justice as we have mother had light injuries to
violence. Several hundred in the past,” he said in a the chest and limbs; a son
Jewish settlers live in forti- statement. sustained a gunshot wound