Jerusalem
Two people were killed and several injured in an attack in Jerusalem, including several children. what is known.
In East Jerusalem is a car at one Israeli settlement drove into a crowd. Two people were killed, including an eight-year-old child. Five other people were injured, two of them seriously. This was announced by the Israeli police and the rescue workers on Friday on site. Accordingly, the driver drove into a crowd in front of a bus stop. According to Israeli police, the driver was “neutralized” in the suspected terrorist attack. It was initially unclear whether he was killed.
A spokesman for those in power in the Gaza Strip Hamas said the attack in Jerusalem was “a natural response to all of the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people.” He referred to a raid by the Israeli army in the city of Jericho in which five members of the Islamist Palestinian organization were killed.
Middle East conflict: Tensions have recently intensified
The security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories had recently intensified. Two weeks ago on Friday, a Palestinian gunman shot dead six Israelis and a Ukrainian citizen outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem. The day before, ten Palestinians were killed in a raid by the Israeli army in the city of Jenin.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, there have been 43 since the beginning of the year Palestinians killed in confrontations with the Israeli army or in their own attacks. (lro/dpa/AFP)
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