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The attacker enters a Jewish colony and is shot down
TEL AVIV.- In a context of extreme tension throughout the region, a Palestinian man kills an Israeli and injures two others with a knife in a colony in the West Bank, reported the Israeli army. The attacker was killed by the shooting of one of the victims
The 31 year old Israeli who died had arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
The 17-year-old Palestinian climbed a fence towards the Jewish settlement of Geva. Binyamin, also known as Adam, then attacked two settlers with a knife. A third civilian saw the facts and interposed, for which he was also injured, although he later shot at the Palestinian.
The depressed young man was from the city of Qubar. Another resident of this city had killed three members of an Israeli family in a colony last year
The army spokesman announced that, in the face of insecurity two other battalions will soon be transferred to the West Bank.
The tension has also increased in the south of the country, on the border with the Gaza Strip. Nine missiles and mortar shells were fired last night from Gaza to Israel, in a new escalation of violence.
According to the report of the army, one of the missiles was intercepted by the missile defense system. The remaining rockets fell largely in open areas.
The same night, an Israeli soldier was slightly wounded by sniper fire from the gang and, in response, Israeli artillery attacked seven Hamas military positions. Meanwhile, the military wing of the Islamic group announced that it was "in a state of alert". The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, quoted by the local press, urged "the other Palestinian wings" in the Gaza Strip to "act in the same way and give the highest alert."
"Israel," said the brigades, "will pay a high price for their crimes against the Palestinian people."
The situation has worsened since May 14, when the United States decided to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The measure triggered a series of demonstrations in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, which killed about 150 people.
Israeli forces launched a large-scale military operation a week ago against Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. Gaza. The action, which affected at least eight positions of the armed wing of the group, began after a new demonstration of the band's residents along the border.
ANSA and AFP agencies
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