Attack in Israel on independence day: victims and injured
Armed men opened fire in Elad, in the center of the country. Hamas rejoicesPer restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
Attack in Israel on the 74th anniversary of the independence of the Jewish state.
According to state TV reports, two gunmen opened fire in Elad , a predominantly Orthodox town in central Israel near the West Bank.
The toll speaks of three dead and three four injured .
After the incident, the authorities asked the population to stay indoors.
From a first reconstruction of the incident, the two suspects would have acted in different areas of the city, using firearms and even a white weapon, perhaps a large knife or an ax . Then they fled, in a white van.
To track them down, local authorities have set up various checkpoints along the border line between the West Bank and the province of Elad.
After the attack came a message from Hamas , which hailed the attackers as "heroes" . "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 their 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".
(Unioneonline / lf)