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Palestinian arrested over West Bank attack after 3-day chase

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By PTI Updated: May 06, 2021 10:38 pm
Palestinian arrested over West Bank attack after 3 day chase scaled
Aqraba: Israeli soldiers search for a suspected Palestinian gunmen in the village of Aqraba, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. On Sunday gunmen in a passing car opened fire at Israelis standing at a major intersection in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, injuring three of them, according to rescue officials and the military. AP/PTI Photo(AP05_05_2021_000183B)

Jerusalem, May 6 (AP/PTI): Israel’s military and the Shin Bet security service said Thursday that they arrested a Palestinian suspect in a weekend drive-by shooting in the West Bank that left one Israeli dead and two injured.

Troops and Shin Bet operatives raided a building in the village of Silwad in the occupied West Bank, arresting Muntasser Shalaby, 44. Shalaby, a Palestinian from the nearby village of Turmus Ayya, had no know ties to militant groups, officials said. Local media reported that he also held US citizenship.

The arrest came shortly after Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that Yehuda Guetta, one of those wounded in Sunday’s shooting, had died of his injuries. In the attack, a gunman had opened fire from a car at a group of Israelis standing at a busy West Bank intersection.

The death occurred during a recent uptick in violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Late Wednesday, Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian during a confrontation in the village of Odla near the West Bank city of Nablus. The military said several Palestinians had thrown firebombs toward soldiers.

In recent days, protesters have scuffled with police over the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in east Jerusalem.

Several Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah have been embroiled in a long-running legal battle with Israeli settler groups trying to acquire property in the neighbourhood.

Late Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent medical service said several people were injured in clashes in Sheikh Jarrah, including three people shot by rubber bullets.

Israeli police reported five arrests, including a protester wearing a medic’s uniform who they said had thrown rocks at security forces.

Israel captured east Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and Gaza territories the Palestinians want for their future state in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally, and views the entire city as its capital.

The Palestinians view east Jerusalem which includes holy sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims as their capital, and its fate is one of the most sensitive issues in the Mideast conflict.

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By PTI Updated: May 06, 2021 10:38:57 pm
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