Israeli police and witnesses mentioned a gunman on a bus carrying Jewish worshipers wounded seven folks within the outdated metropolis of Jerusalem on Sunday.
According to a police assertion, the shooter later turned himself in to Israeli authorities, who didn’t establish him. Israeli media reported that the attacker was a Palestinian from East Jerusalem.
There are locations within the Old City which might be sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians and are among the many areas the place Palestinians search statehood. Israel considers the entire of Jerusalem to be its capital – a standing that isn’t acknowledged internationally.
The assault befell within the early hours of Sunday, when Jews have been leaving the rites of the Western Wall, marking the top of the Sabbath.
“Jerusalem is our capital and a tourist hub for all religions,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid mentioned in an announcement, including that Israeli safety forces “will restore peace”.
Palestinian militant teams in Gaza praised the assault, which got here per week after the worst outbreak of hostilities in additional than a yr, when Israeli jets shot down the slender coastal strip with the purpose of deterring an imminent risk to the army. Called pre-emptive assault. to Israel.
However, there was no quick declare of accountability from any of the armed teams.
At least 49 folks have been killed and a whole lot injured in Gaza through the 56-hour preventing during which greater than 1,000 rockets have been fired towards Israel by the militant Islamic Jihad faction.
Tensions have been rising after three gunmen have been killed in a shootout with Israeli safety forces within the West Bank metropolis of Nablus final week. (Written by Dan Williams, Editing by Michael Perry and Francis Carey)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
