On Sunday, two Palestinian citizens of Israel shot and killed two police officers in the northern city of Khandera, an attack that coincided with a summit between Israeli and Arab diplomats in the Negev desert. The Islamic State group, which has carried out only a handful of attacks in Israel, has claimed responsibility for the shootings. Last week, another Palestinian Israeli who had previously been convicted of links to Islamic State stabbed and killed four Israelis in the southern city of Beer Sheva. The story goes on under the ad In Bnei Brack on Tuesday, the attack began just before 8pm local time, authorities said. Israeli television broadcast amateur footage showing the gunman walking in the city, shooting two people, then riding a motorcycle and fatally shooting two others before being shot by an Israeli police officer. The gunman fired, injuring the policeman, who later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Menachem Englander, a local doctor at Israel’s National Ambulance Service, said in a Twitter post that after hearing gunshots Tuesday night, he “immediately went out on the street and saw a terrorist pointing a gun at me.” “Miraculously, his gun was blocked and he could not shoot,” Englander said. “I immediately returned to my house, locked my door and went to the emergency center.” The story goes on under the ad The suspected gunman was a 27-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank city of Yambad who was living illegally in Israel, Israeli media reported. In the aftermath of the attack, Bnei Brak and neighboring municipalities said they would close schools and construction sites where illegal Palestinian workers are often employed informally. Israeli police chief Kobe Sabtai has raised the national alert level to the highest possible level since Israel fought Hamas in Gaza in May. The clash was sparked in part by bloody clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in Jerusalem during Ramadan. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, issued a statement praising Tuesday’s attack as a “heroic act against the occupation of Tel Aviv.” The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority said in a statement that “the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians will only worsen the situation as we try to achieve stability on the eve of Ramadan and the Jewish and Christian holidays.” ”
