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| Palestinian Man Sprays Israeli Family and Hitchhiker With Acid, Israel Says | |
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| JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man sprayed acid on six members of an Israeli family in a car and an Israeli hitchhiker in the West Bank on Friday, wounding them lightly to moderately, according to the Israeli military. | |
| The assailant, who was also wielding a screwdriver, was then shot and wounded by an Israeli passer-by, the military said. | |
| The events took place on a main road near the Palestinian town of Husan in the Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem, where the family had stopped to give the hitchhiker a ride. The military initially said the Palestinian had been trying to get a ride with the family, but later updated its account to say he was just standing next to the Israeli hitchhiker. | |
| It was the latest in a wave of attacks carried out by lone Palestinians, though the first to involve acid. Eleven people have been killed in recent weeks by Palestinians using vehicles, knives, meat cleavers and guns as weapons. | It was the latest in a wave of attacks carried out by lone Palestinians, though the first to involve acid. Eleven people have been killed in recent weeks by Palestinians using vehicles, knives, meat cleavers and guns as weapons. |
| Israeli-Palestinian tensions have been running high against the background of a dispute over a revered holy site in Jerusalem and over the death this week of a senior Palestinian official after an altercation with Israeli security forces at a West Bank demonstration, during which he was shoved, grabbed by the throat and struck in the chest, according to witnesses. | Israeli-Palestinian tensions have been running high against the background of a dispute over a revered holy site in Jerusalem and over the death this week of a senior Palestinian official after an altercation with Israeli security forces at a West Bank demonstration, during which he was shoved, grabbed by the throat and struck in the chest, according to witnesses. |
| Israeli pathologists said that the official, Ziad Abu Ein, 55, died after a heart attack most likely brought on by stress, and that he had heart disease. But Palestinian officials have blamed the death on rough treatment at the hands of the Israeli security forces and hold Israel accountable. | Israeli pathologists said that the official, Ziad Abu Ein, 55, died after a heart attack most likely brought on by stress, and that he had heart disease. But Palestinian officials have blamed the death on rough treatment at the hands of the Israeli security forces and hold Israel accountable. |
| The acid-throwing assailant was identified by the Palestinian news media as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghiada, 45, a resident of Nahalin, a village in the area. Mr. Ghiada was arrested by Israeli soldiers at the scene and taken to an Israeli hospital for treatment. The passengers in the car — parents, three daughters and a niece, according to the Israeli news media — were not immediately identified. | The acid-throwing assailant was identified by the Palestinian news media as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghiada, 45, a resident of Nahalin, a village in the area. Mr. Ghiada was arrested by Israeli soldiers at the scene and taken to an Israeli hospital for treatment. The passengers in the car — parents, three daughters and a niece, according to the Israeli news media — were not immediately identified. |
| Jewish settlers in the West Bank routinely hitch rides from one another. Friday’s episode took place not far from where Palestinians kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenagers in June as they were hitchhiking home for the weekend. |