Rome, 5 May 2022 – Attack in Israel: at least three people were killed and 4 seriously injured a Live, city of ultra-Orthodox. As Haaretz reports, the police are investigating the nature of the incident. Emergency services are operational on site and Elad authorities have asked residents to stay in their homes.
The attackers are two. According to the police, the episode – which took place in various parts of the town – occurred with both firearms with both an ax or a big knife. Checkpoints have been set up in the area and along the demarcation line with the West Bank. The security forces have initiated searches for the attackers, of which at least one would have walked away with a white van.
Hamas hailed “the heroes” who sowed death in Elad. “That operation – said spokesman Hazem Kassem – is a consequence of the Palestinian anger over the repeated attacks by the occupiers, their institutions and their settlers against the al-Aqsa mosque” in Jerusalem, where incidents have also occurred today. “The Palestinian people – he added – are determined to defend his holy places. Any desecration of the mosque must always be punished. “In recent days, Hamas leader Yihia Sinwar had appealed to the Palestinians to take up arms to” defend al-Aqsa “.