In an attack in Jerusalem, an assassin opened fire on believers in the old city. The incident comes a week after a ceasefire was agreed in the Gaza conflict.
Eight people were injured in the attack by a Palestinian in Jerusalem’s Old City, two of them seriously. According to Israeli police, the suspect, a resident of the Arab-dominated eastern part of the city, opened fire on a bus on Sunday night. He also shot a vehicle in a parking lot near David’s Tomb, a police spokeswoman said.
According to the police, the Palestinian suspect was arrested after he turned himself in to the police several hours after the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Jair Lapid said during the weekly cabinet meeting that it was a lone criminal with a criminal background. “Those who harm Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide.” A wave of terror in Israel since March has repeatedly resulted in deaths and injuries.
Seemingly random shots at a bus
According to a paramedic, believers from the Western Wall were on their way into the city on the bus. “According to a passerby, a terrorist started shooting at the bus indiscriminately,” he said. When the emergency services reached the scene of the incident, there was a great commotion. People ran in a panic. According to the information, one of the injured was heavily pregnant, the baby had to be taken with an emergency caesarean section and was also seriously injured. According to media reports, four of the injured were US tourists, members of a strictly religious family.
A spokesman for the Palestinian organization Hamas, the ruling Palestinian organization in the Gaza Strip, called the attack a “natural reaction to the arrogance of the occupying soldiers and Zionist settlers and their daily crimes against our people, our country and our Islamic and Christian holy sites”. He spoke of Israel’s continued incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hotspot Temple Mount
The Temple Mount (Al-Haram al-Sharif) with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam. But it is also sacred to Jews because there used to be two Jewish temples there. The Temple Mount is under Muslim administration while Israel is responsible for security. There is always tension between the two sides. Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War. The Palestinians demand the area as part of a future state of their own.
The Israeli military launched a large-scale military operation against Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip more than a week ago. Dozens of people died. The militant Palestinians then fired rockets at Israeli towns. After three days of fighting, a ceasefire was agreed last Sunday.
“Jerusalem Post” (English) “Haaretz” (English) Magen David Adom
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