A shooting attack in the northern West Bank Friday killed two Israeli sisters and seriously injured their mother, adding to an already tense atmosphere in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories during a holiday week marred by violence.
Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, praised the shooting in a statement, though it did not explicitly claim responsibility.
“We congratulate the Jordan Valley operation and warn the occupation against continuing its aggression against our Palestinian people and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque,” the group said. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered an increased security presence across the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in ahe would hold a security assessment after the shooting. Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai called on licensed Israelis to carry their firearms in the wake of the attack, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
General Yehuda Fox, who commands troops in the West Bank, called the attack “extremely severe,” the Times of Israel“We’ll settle the score with these terrorists too, we’re hunting them and will catch them,” he said., during which the Israeli military carried out airstrikes on Lebanon early Friday and continued attacks on the Gaza Strip in response to a barrage of rockets fired from south Lebanon toward northern Israel.
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincided with the Jewish Passover holiday this week, an overlap Israeli security officials have long warned could lead to further escalation.
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