Palestinians Kill Israeli Officer Before Being Shot Dead

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JERUSALEM — Three Palestinians armed with automatic weapons, explosive devices and knives killed an Israeli security officer and seriously wounded another in Jerusalem on Wednesday before police shot and killed the attackers, police said.

It was one the most brazen attacks in nearly five months of near-daily Palestinian assaults, mostly stabbings, on Israeli police, soldiers and civilians. Israel has struggled to contain the violence, despite sending troops to secure cities, expanding police powers and toughening punishments for attackers.

Wednesday's attack took place after Israeli paramilitary border police officers on a security patrol noticed three people who aroused their suspicion near the Old City's Damascus Gate, a central shopping area for Palestinians as well as a main tourist draw, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

The officers stopped them, and as they began checking one of their ID cards, the other two drew guns and knives and attacked two female officers. One of the officers, identified as 19-year-old Hadar Cohen, later died, police said.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/02/03/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-palestinians.html?_r=0

[shenmue]

1. ...

[6chars]

2. At some point this may backfire on the PA

Israel is a small country. A nineteen year old Israeli just murdered. There may soon be pressure on Netanyahu to act more forcefully to stop the terror attacks. There is certainly a lot more Israel could do. While that would certainly cause a lot of complaint from Israel's external critics, I don't think Palestinians would be happy with the result either. The PA leadership seems to believe that their cheerleaders would actually lift a finger to help them if they end up in an all out civil war. That would be a pretty big gamble.

[Mosby]

3. What will happen is the Palestinians will be further isolated

E. J'lem will be isolated from the rest of Jerusalem and the border between Israel and the WB closed.

[6chars]

4. i don't see that improving their situation

[azurnoir]

5. Army surrounds killers’ West Bank town after Jerusalem attack

The IDF surrounded the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya Wednesday evening after three of its residents carried out a shooting and stabbing attack in Jerusalem earlier in the day that left one police officer dead and another seriously wounded.

According to reports, the army was also carrying out arrest raids in the village, apparently seeking suspected accomplices of the three terrorists.

The operation began as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned a meeting of security chiefs in Jerusalem following the attack. The meeting included Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, police commissioner Roni Alsheich, IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and a senior Shin Bet officer.

The officials decided to increase the number of troops deployed in the West Bank, further bolstering the army’s presence in the territory nearly five months into an ongoing terror wave.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/army-surrounds-west-bank-killers-town-after-jerusalem-attack/

[King_David]

6. Same as we did in San Bernardino

Same as they did in Brussels after Paris.

It's all the same war.....

[azurnoir]

7. we went on arrest raids in San Bernardino? How many houses where ransacked? How many were rounded up

link it for us

[King_David]

8. Yep

The terrorists neighbors were eventually arrested....in San Bernardino

Brussels was on lockdown....

We all fighting the same war ...

[azurnoir]

9. why no links how many houses were ransacked in SB? How many people rounded up ?

why nothing but ah yep maybe because it was one neighbor arrested a week after the attack here's the link you seem 'hesitant' to provide

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/us/san-bernardino-enrique-marquez-charges-justice-department.html?_r=0

[King_David]

10. The neighbors were arrested in San Bernadino and Brussells was on lockdown

We all fighting the same war.. Jewish State , USA , France etc etc

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/117cf9c6-a51b-11e5-97e1-a754d5d9538c.html#axzz3z991ovQX

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34900353


Hesitant ? LOL

You're pretty upset it's the same in The USA ,France, Israel and Brussells....

It's infuriating for you isn't it ?

Same war , same enemy, same tactics , same problem.....

[azurnoir]

11. a neighbor was arrested as my link showed glad I could inform you though

[King_David]

12. You're infuriated

But truth is we all fighting the same war...
Same enemy , same problems.

[azurnoir]

13. No I'm amused with the projectionist