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JERUSALEM — The Israeli army stated two troopers have been wounded, one severely, Saturday night in a drive-by taking pictures within the occupied West Financial institution, the most recent in months-long violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
The assault was the third to happen within the Palestinian city of Hawara in lower than a month. One soldier was significantly wounded and the second was in reasonable situation, the army stated. A manhunt was launched as forces sealed roads resulting in Hawara.
The armed wing of the Widespread Entrance for the Liberation of Palestine, the second largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Group, has claimed duty for the assault, and Hamas, the militant group ruling the Gaza Strip, praised it.
“The resistance within the West Financial institution can shock the occupation each time and the occupation can’t get pleasure from security,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem stated.
Violence has surged in latest months within the West Financial institution and east Jerusalem amid near-daily Israeli arrest raids in Palestinian-controlled areas and a string of Palestinian assaults.
U.S.-backed regional efforts to defuse tensions have led to the assembly of Israeli and Palestinian officers in Jordan and Egypt respectively, the place events hoped to forestall an extra escalation in the course of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
On Feb. 27, when Israeli and Palestinian officers met in Jordan’s Aqaba, a Palestinian gunman shot and killed two Israelis in Hawara. One other taking pictures assault in Hawara passed off because the events met once more in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, wounding two Israelis.
Eighty-six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli or settler fireplace this yr, in keeping with an Related Press tally. Palestinian assaults have killed 15 Israelis in the identical interval.
Israel says most of these killed have been militants. However stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and folks not concerned within the confrontations have additionally been killed.
Israel captured the West Financial institution, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip within the 1967 Mideast battle. The Palestinians search these territories for his or her future unbiased state.