The shooting attack in Kiryat Malachi resulted in the death of two Israelis and the injury of 4 (French)
The occupation forces stormed the Shuafat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and surrounded the house of the perpetrator of the shooting attack in Kiryat Malachi, which resulted in the death of two Israelis and the wounding of four. While the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) considered the operation a “natural response to genocide” in Gaza, Tel Aviv vowed to fight. And arming the Israelis.
Confrontations broke out with the occupation forces in the vicinity of the house of the perpetrator of the attack, called Fadi Jamjoom, which led to cases of tear gas suffocation.
Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed the Jamjoum family's home in the Ras Khamis area of Shuafat Camp, and began conducting a field investigation into his family.
For its part, the Hamas movement said - in a statement - that "the commando operation in Kiryat Malachi is a natural response to the war of extermination committed by the occupation army against the Palestinian people, and the continuation of its crimes and the crimes of terrorist settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem."
Hamas called on the Palestinian people to “expand the circle of engagement with this enemy, which only understands the language of force,” according to the movement’s statement, which affirmed that it and the stationed Palestinian people will continue the struggle and resistance until the liberation of the land and the holy sites, and the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Ben Gvir announced his intention to expand the policy of allowing Israelis to arm themselves (French)
A weapon and a threat
On the other hand, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced on Friday his intention to expand the policy of allowing Israelis to arm themselves.
Ben Gvir stated - in a press conference - that one of the Israelis who were at the scene of the operation opened fire on the perpetrator, which led to his death.
He added, "Weapons save people's lives, and I will expand and increase the policy of allowing citizens to arm themselves."
At the beginning of the war on Gaza in October, Ben Gvir launched a policy of arming the Israelis, especially the settlers in the West Bank and around the Gaza Strip and near the Lebanese border.
As for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he vowed to continue fighting in response to the shooting attack in Kiryat Malachi.
He claimed in a written statement, "This attack reminds us that the entire country is on the front line and that the killers, who do not just come from Gaza, want to kill us all."
He added, "We will continue the struggle until complete victory, with all our strength, on every front and in every place, until we restore security and calm for all citizens of Israel."
Earlier Friday, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (official) announced that two Israelis were killed and 4 were moderately and seriously injured, following a shooting attack at a bus station, north of the city of Kiryat Malachi.
Regarding the attack, the authority explained that the attacker fired a gun, and a soldier who was there shot him, killing him.
The attack comes as Israel continues its fierce war against the residents of the Gaza Strip since last October 7, which has left tens of thousands of victims, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to Palestinian and UN statements, which led to Israel being tried before international justice on charges of Genocide crimes for the first time since its founding.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies