Palestinian Attacker Wounds 8 In Tel Aviv, Israel Presses On In West Bank

July 4, 2023 9:12 am

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian man drove his car into a crowded bus stop in Tel Aviv and then began stabbing people, wounding eight. The attack was praised by the Islamist militant group Hamas as a response to Israel’s ongoing military operation in the occupied West Bank. Police chief Kobi Shabtai told reporters at the scene that an armed civilian shot and killed the assailant. The attack came as Israeli troops pressed ahead with their hunt for Palestinian militants and weapons in a refugee camp. Thousands of residents have fled to safety. The two-day Palestinian death toll rose to 10. The large-scale raid of the Jenin camp is one of the most intense military operations in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades.