{No evidence given of ISIL link despite previous, similar attacks being attributed to Israel’s occupation of Palestine.}<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there are “signs” that a Palestinian man who rammed a truck into a crowd of Israeli soldiers, killing four of them, was an ISIL supporter. <\/p>\n
Sunday’s attack was carried out by 28-year-old Fadi el-Kunbar, a Palestinian from Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, who drove the truck into the group of soldiers as they stood on the side of a road. Seventeen soldiers were also wounded and el-Kunbar was shot dead.<\/p>\n
“We know the identity of the terrorist. All signs are indicating he is a supporter of the Islamic State [of Iraq and the Levant group],” Netanyahu said, giving no further details.<\/p>\n
Family members of el-Kunbar have reportedly been arrested and held for questioning.<\/p>\n
Recent attacks committed by Palestinians primarily against Israeli soldiers have been said by some Palestinians to be a “natural” response to Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, its blockade of the Gaza Strip, and its discriminatory laws against Palestinian citizens of Israel.<\/p>\n
Since October 2015, 247 Palestinians, 40 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese have been killed in a wave of violence, according to an AFP news agency count.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities have also embarked on a wave of mass arrests and home demolitions, which human rights groups have described as a “shoot-to-kill” policy and “collective punishment” against the families of Palestinians who attack Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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