Deadly vehicular attack in East Jerusalem

Israeli rescue workers at the site of an attack in East Jerusalem on February 10, 2023. This new ramming attack left two people dead, including an eight-year-old child.

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Two people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed on Friday, February 10, in an anti-Israeli car bombing in East Jerusalem.

The new violence comes two weeks after a gun attack, which claimed the lives of seven other people, almost all of whom were Israelis.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

This Friday, a Palestinian assailant rushes at full speed on a bus stop in the Ramot district.

A settlement located in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the city, annexed by the Jewish state.

His victims: simple innocents waiting for their bus.  

The Israeli police claim to have " 

 " the suspect.

A large police force is deployed in the process.

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu orders a reinforcement of security measures and the arrest of the assailant's relatives. 

At the end of January, the attack carried out by a young Palestinian, against Israelis still in East Jerusalem, took place the day after a deadly operation by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank.

With a gruesome record on both sides. 

This new attack in Jerusalem comes in the same circumstances: the Israeli army carried out a violent raid on Monday, February 6, near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.

Several Palestinians were killed.

And the week ends with this car attack.

Among the dead was an eight-year-old child.

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