1 Israeli Killed, 3 Injured As Violence Escalates In West Bank
Israeli police are searching for a gunman after he opened fired on a family’s car, causing it to crash, killing an Israeli man and injuring three others, the Israeli army said on Friday. This is the third attack in the region in two days. The unidentified shooter escaped near the town of Hebron, officials said. Earlier on Friday an Israeli policeman shot a female Palestinian assailant after she attacked a man at The Tombs of the Patriarchs, a sacred place for both Jews and Muslims. On Thursday a 17-year-old Palestinian killed a 13-year-old Israeli girl by stabbing her in her sleep. The assailant entered the family’s home located in an Israeli settlement. Israeli and Palestinian areas have suffered a wave of violence since October, including dozens of knife attacks launched by Palestinians protesting the ongoing occupation and perceived Israeli violations that are denied by Israel. More than 220 Palestinians, most of them knife attackers and other assailants and 34 Israelis have been killed amid the violence. Report Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War in 1967.
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