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Israeli Girl Severely Wounded in Firebomb Attack in West Bank Israeli Girl Severely Wounded in Firebomb Attack in West Bank
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JERUSALEM — An 11-year-old Israeli girl was severely wounded on Thursday when a firebomb was thrown at the car in which she was traveling with her father in the West Bank, the Israeli military said.JERUSALEM — An 11-year-old Israeli girl was severely wounded on Thursday when a firebomb was thrown at the car in which she was traveling with her father in the West Bank, the Israeli military said.
Troops were searching for the assailants, believed to be Palestinians, in the area of the attack, near the Jewish settlement of El Matan.Troops were searching for the assailants, believed to be Palestinians, in the area of the attack, near the Jewish settlement of El Matan.
The girl, Ayala Shapira, had third-degree burns on her face and upper torso, and her wounds were life-threatening, according to medical officials at the Tel Aviv hospital treating her. The girl’s father, Avner Shapira, suffered minor injuries. Video taken after the father and daughter had extricated themselves from the car showed the vehicle engulfed in flames on the side of a dark, narrow road.The girl, Ayala Shapira, had third-degree burns on her face and upper torso, and her wounds were life-threatening, according to medical officials at the Tel Aviv hospital treating her. The girl’s father, Avner Shapira, suffered minor injuries. Video taken after the father and daughter had extricated themselves from the car showed the vehicle engulfed in flames on the side of a dark, narrow road.
Speaking to Israeli television from his hospital bed, Mr. Shapira, a resident of El Matan, said the person who threw the firebomb was “not a criminal but a soldier of the enemy.”Speaking to Israeli television from his hospital bed, Mr. Shapira, a resident of El Matan, said the person who threw the firebomb was “not a criminal but a soldier of the enemy.”
There has been an uptick in Palestinian attacks against Israelis in recent weeks, including deadly assaults in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The violence has been fanned in part by a dispute over a revered holy site in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence after Mr. Abbas urged Muslims to defend the holy site “by all means.”There has been an uptick in Palestinian attacks against Israelis in recent weeks, including deadly assaults in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The violence has been fanned in part by a dispute over a revered holy site in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence after Mr. Abbas urged Muslims to defend the holy site “by all means.”
The Israeli news website Ynet reported that Ayala Shapira’s mother was in a car that was hit by a firebomb last month but was unharmed. Ayala Shapira’s mother, Ruth, told reporters that she was driving the family car on the same road a month ago when it was hit by a firebomb but she was unharmed.