It was the bloodiest violence in Jerusalem since the current wave of unrest began at the start of October and the first time an attack has seen gunfire on a bus.
A 60-year-old was killed and four people wounded in the bus attack in a Jewish neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, while the attackers were also killed, medics and police said.
Media reports said one of the attackers used a gun and the other a knife.
In the car and knife attack that saw someone drive into a bus stop and exit with a knife in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood, at least one person was killed and one lightly wounded, medics said.
The attacker was also wounded.
The Jerusalem attacks came after a Palestinian stabbed and wounded a passerby north of Tel Aviv before being detained by civilians in the area.
A wave of stabbings have hit Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank since 3 October.
The attacks along with violent protests in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank have led to warnings that a full-scale Palestinian uprising, or third intifada, could erupt.
Unrest has also spread to the Gaza Strip, with clashes along the border in recent days leaving nine Palestinians dead from Israeli fire.
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At least three Israelis have been killed and many injured in shooting and stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and central Israel, Israeli police say...
ReplyDeleteTwo were killed and 16 others were wounded when two assailants opened fire and stabbed passengers on a bus in Jerusalem.
Another died in a vehicle and knife attack elsewhere in the city.
Near-daily stabbings by Palestinians have left dozens of Israelis dead and wounded over the past fortnight.
Several attackers and at least 17 other Palestinians have been killed in the upsurge of violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene an emergency session of the security cabinet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the surge in violence.
The militant Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which dominates the Gaza Strip, praised the "heroic operations in Jerusalem and greets the heroes who carried them out".
Escalating tensions
In the bus attack, the two assailants shot several passengers and stabbed others after boarding the vehicle in East Talpiot, a district in East Jerusalem also known as Armon HaNetziv, police said.
A security guard was able to overpower one of them and shoot him, Israeli media said. The second assailant then reportedly locked the bus doors in an attempt to stop police from boarding it and passengers from escaping, but police opened fire from outside and shot him..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34513753
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene an emergency meeting with key ministers and the heads of the security forces on Tuesday after two terrorist attacks in Jerusalem earlier in the day, Netanyahu’s press service said...
ReplyDeleteThree Israelis were killed and over 20 were injured in shooting and stabbing attacks in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the Haaretz newspaper reported, citing local police.
“Military-political cabinet will take additional decisions in light of the ongoing terror wave,” the press service stated.
The meeting is scheduled for 12:00 GMT.
Two more terrorist attacks took place earlier on Tuesday in the small town of Ra'anana, which is located near Tel Aviv. At least 4 people are wounded, according to the police.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel would use "all means" available to end Palestinian violence and that new security measures were planned...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking before parliament, he also warned Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas that he would hold him responsible if incitement led to a further deterioration after nearly two weeks of violence, including a wave of stabbing attacks.
AFP