Palestinian kills 3 Israelis, Israel kills teen in W Bank
Newslooks- JERUSALEM (AP)
A knife-wielding Palestinian killed two Israelis in a stabbing Tuesday at a settlement in the occupied West Bank, then stole a car as he tried to flee the scene and crashed it on a nearby highway, killing a third Israeli, officials said.
A mourner comforts the father of Tamir Avihai, 50, at his funeral in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
Mourners comfort the parents of Tamir Avihai, 50, at his funeral in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
The Zaka paramedic service said the three wounded were being treated in hospital and that they were in serious condition.
Mourners attend the funeral for Tamir Avihai, 50, in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
It was the latest assault in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence this year that has seen Palestinian attackers target Israeli civilians and near nightly Israeli arrest raids that have fueled unrest in the occupied territory.
A relative weeps at the funeral for Tamir Avihai, 50, in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
The Israeli military said the Palestinian first stabbed several Israelis at the entrance to the settlement’s industrial zone, then proceeded to a nearby gas station and stabbed more people there. The army said the man then stole a car and intentionally crashed it into another vehicle before fleeing the scene on foot.
Members of Israeli Zaka Rescue and Recovery team and Israeli soldiers clean blood from the site of an attack, at the Ariel Industrial Zone, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
Troops were searching the area for additional suspects, the military said. Israeli media identified the three victims as 59-year-old Mordechai Ashkenazi, 50-year-old Tamir Avichay and 36-year-old Michael Ladigin.
Members of Israeli Zaka Rescue and Recovery team and an Israeli soldier clean blood from the site of an attack, at the Ariel Industrial Zone, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
Amateur video aired on Israeli television appeared to show the suspected attacker running down a highway and collapsing to the ground after he was shot. The Palestinian Health Ministry later confirmed that Mohammad Souf, 18, from the nearby village of Hares was the slain attacker.
Israeli soldiers stand next to a military ambulance on a road leading to the site of stabbing attack, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Elkana, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
The assailant’s uncle, Marwan Souf, told the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, that Israeli security forces raided the family house in Hares and interrogated 15 of his relatives. He also said forces took measurements of the home in preparation for demolition. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Members of Israeli Zaka Rescue and Recovery team and an Israeli soldier clean blood from the site of an attack, at the Ariel Industrial Zone, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
Israeli army spokesman Ran Kochav told Kan Radio that Souf held a permit to work in the settlement. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Gaza’s rulers, the militant Hamas group, hailed it as “heroic.”
Members of Israeli Zaka Rescue and Recovery team clean blood from the site of an attack at the Ariel Industrial Zone near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
Hundreds of Hamas supporters staged a rally in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday in celebration of the attack. They chanted slogans oraising Souf and held posters with his photo. In several spots across the blockaded Gaza Strip, Palestinians passed out sweets when they heard the news.
Mourners attend the funeral for Tamir Avihai, 50, in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sent condolences to the families of those killed in the attack and said Israel was “fighting terror nonstop and full force.”
The parents of Tamir Avihai, 50, are comforted at his funeral in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Barkan, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A Palestinian killed three Israelis, including Avihai and wounded three others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
“Our security forces are working around the clock to protect Israeli citizens and harm terror infrastructure everywhere, all the time,” he said.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The Israeli army has shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the town of Beitunia near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Mourners take a last look at the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The Palestinian health ministry identified the victims as 15-year-old Fulla Rasmi Abdelazeez Masalmeh. “She was due to turn 16 on her birthday tomorrow. She was killed when occupation soldiers fired at her during a raid on Beitunia,” it said in a statement on Monday.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The United States, European Union and United Nations envoys all sharply condemned the attack. “This senseless violence needs to stop!” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides wrote on Twitter.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
This year’s surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and east Jerusalem has killed at least 25 people on the Israeli side and more than 130 Palestinians, making 2022 the deadliest since 2006.
Mourners take a last look at the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel says its almost nightly arrest raids in the West Bank — which began after Palestinian attacks killed 19 Israelis last spring — are needed to dismantle militant networks at a time when Palestinian security forces are unable or unwilling to do so.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The Palestinians say the raids undermine their security forces and are aimed at cementing Israel’s open-ended 55-year occupation of lands they want for their hoped-for state. Hundreds of Palestinians have been rounded up in such raids, with many placed in so-called administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold them without trial or charge.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians seek those territories for their hoped-for independent state.
Mourners pray next to the body of Palestinian Fulla al-Masalmeh,15, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank. The circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage girl in the city of Beitunia in the central West Bank, identified by Palestinian health officials as Fulla al-Masalmeh, were not fully clear. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating toward them after they signaled for it to stop. The military said it was investigating, and declined to comment further. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
