Palestinian knifeman kills 3 Israelis in West Bank settlement

A knife-wielding Palestinian man sneaked into a West Bank settlement home, killing three Israelis and seriously injuring another on Friday night before he was shot, Israeli officials said.


The incident took place in the settlement of Halamish, north of Ramallah city, the military said in a statement.

The assailant managed to enter the guarded settlement, and sneaked into a house when ten family members were inside having dinner, the statement said.

A man in his forties and two women in their sixties and forties succumbed to their wounds at the scene, said a spokesperson with the emergency medical service. The fourth person, a 60-year-old woman, was evacuated to a hospital with moderate injuries.

Another woman hid several children in a back room before a soldier on vacation heard screams, arrived and shot the assailant.

Israel Defense Forces spokesperson's unit released a photo from the scene showing a blood-stained kitchen floor.

The condition of the stabber was not immediately clear. A military statement said he was "shot and neutralized." A later report on Walla news site said he sustained moderate injuries and an ambulance evacuated him to a hospital in Israel.

Palestinian media identified him as Omar Abd al-Jalil, an 18-year-old from the village of Kuber in the Ramallah district.
 [globaltimes.cn/Xinhua]
22/7/17