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Israeli policewoman ‘in critical condition’ after simultaneous stabbing attacks in Jerusalem Israeli policewoman killed in simultaneous stabbing attacks in Jerusalem
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A 20 year-old Israeli border guard is in critical condition in a Jerusalem hospital, and several civilians are injured after two simultaneous knife and gun assaults in the historic city center. Three assailants have been killed. A 23 year-old female Israeli border guard is dead, and four others are injured after a simultaneous knife and gun assaults in the historic city center of Jerusalem. All three assailants, who have been named as three Palestinian men, have been killed.
Israeli media reported that in one of the incidents, close to Damascus Gate, the attackers rushed at a group of border guards, with one brandishing a homemade submachine gun, which jammed. The most serious injury was inflicted here, while another policeman sustained light wounds, and the perpetrators were killed. Israeli media reported that in one of the incidents, close to Damascus Gate, the attackers rushed at a group of border guards, with one brandishing a homemade submachine gun, which reportedly jammed. In the other, one assailant critically stabbed border guard Hadas Malka, who was serving at a spot that has become notorious for frequent attacks.
The second attack reportedly happened outside the tourist landmark Zedekiah’s Cave several dozen yards away, with the stabber swinging wildly at passersby. Two people are reported to have been “lightly injured” in the incident, and one is being treated for shock. The attacker was shot dead. Malka was taken to hospital, where emergency surgery was unsuccessfully performed to try and save her life.
The wounded Israeli soldier is undergoing emergency surgery at the Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, doctors told local reporters. Two others are being treated for light injures, and two have sustained moderate wounds, with some reporting that bystanders were grazed by police bullets.
Israel says that over 160 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to stab, shoot or ram Jewish citizens with vehicles since 2015, in a waxing and waning standoff that has become known as the Stabbing Intifada. Palestinian media said that the three attackers were Adel Ankush, 18, and Bra’a Salah, 18, from a village near Ramallah, and Amar Bedui, 31 from Hebron.
Yoram Halevy, the Jerusalem police chief, said that the attackers exploited the easier permit regime instituted for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, designed to make it easier for thousands of Palestinians to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
“During Ramadan there are large numbers of Palestinian youths who enter without permits, they take advantage of Ramadan to be in Jerusalem,” said Halevy, who noted that the youths probably arrived earlier on Friday. “This is what we get as a result."
Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza, praised the fatal stabbing.
“The attack in Jerusalem is new proof that the Palestinian people continues its revolution against the occupiers and that the intifada will continue until complete freedom is achieved,” it said in a statement.
Israel says that over 160 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to stab, shoot or ram Jewish citizens with vehicles since 2015, in a waxing and waning standoff that has become known as the Stabbing Intifada. More than 40 Israelis and foreigners have perished in the incidents.