An Italian tourist has been murdered and seven others, some of them British citizens and others also Italians, have been injured in a new attack due to a run-over that occurred in Tel Aviv. The terrorist, an Arab resident in Israel and with Israeli nationality, has been killed by the police.
Its about second attack in a few hoursafter this Friday two Israeli women were shot dead in the northern West Bank.
None of the injured is in a serious condition: three have a moderate prognosis and the others have only suffered minor injuries. Five of them are tourists with British nationality, while the other two are Italian.
According to police data, the terrorist is an Arab with Israeli nationality residing in Kafer Qasem, a majority-Arab town on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. according to the newspaper The Times of Israel his name would be Yousef Abu Jaber.
The attack occurred when he rammed his car into a group of tourists who were in the center of the city, next to the long beach. The vehicle overturned after the attack and the agents who had arrived in the area they shot at the terrorist when they saw that he was trying to pick up a weapon of your own vehicle.
the terrorist organization Hamaswhich has ruled the Gaza Strip since forcibly prevailing over its rivals Fatah in a civil war in 2007, has spoken out in a sickening statement that speaks of an “operation carried out by a person from our heroic people ” which “occurs in the context of the natural and legitimate response to the aggression of the occupation and its fascist government against the Al Aqsa holy mosque and those present and those confined therein”.
High tension in Israel
This new attack, the second in just a few hours, comes at a time of extreme tension in Israel, with the Jewish Passover, Ramadan and Holy Week coinciding, which has led to clashes at the Al Aqsa mosque, on the Esplanade of the Temple in the Old City of Jerusalem that came to require the police intervention inside the mosque.
This has been followed by a new wave of rocket launches against the civilian population both from the Gaza Strip in the south of the country and from Lebanon in the north, which in turn received the usual Israeli retaliation in the form of bombardments against Hamas positions in both areas.
After this attack the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhas called up reservists from the Border Police to reinforce the country’s security.
Condemnation of Meloni
For his part, the Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajanihas confirmed on his official Twitter profile that the victim, identified as Alessandro Parisihas said nationality, also adding that there is another Italian injured in the attack, although it was later confirmed that two were injured.
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Melonialso has condemned the “cowardly attack” and has given his condolences to the family of the deceased through a message on his Twitter account.