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Police arrest 5 for suspected attacks on buses going to Western Wall during Passover
 [IsraelTimes] Residents of East Jerusalem and Qalqilya set to be indicted in the coming days, report says.Police in Jerusalem over the weekend arrested five suspects for attacking buses and cars headed to the Western Wall during Passover last month. The suspects are from East Jerusalem and Qalqilya, Ynet reported. Prosecutors are expected to indict them in the coming days. The alleged attack took place on the morning of April 17, when a group of rioters gathered and attacked the vehicles outside the Old City. The assailants smashed the windows of the bus and did other damage by hurling stones at the vehicle. A collaborator in a private car helped hold up traffic by stopping in the road, allowing the attackers to target the vehicles. Several buses were heavily damaged in the assault, and some passengers were lightly injured. The attackers expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after, but at least two were apprehended soon after in East Jerusalem. Last month, police detained 20 suspects for riots in the Old City at the time, including some who allegedly threw stones at buses. Other suspects were detained for throwing rocks and firecrackers at police from Old City rooftops, and for assaulting Orthodox Jews headed to pray at the Western Wall. The attacks took place amid sky-high tensions in Jerusalem between Israel and the Paleostinians. The Moslem holy month of Ramadan, typically a period of friction, saw regular festivities at the flashpoint Temple Mount. The Old City compound is the holiest site to Jews, and the al-Aqsa Mosque, which sits atop the Temple Mount, is the third-holiest shrine for Moslems. This year, Ramadan coincided with the week-long Jewish Passover holiday, which brought thousands of Jews to the Old City, including to the Western Wall, which is located beneath the Temple Mount. Ramadan comes to an end this week, but tensions remain high. The head of the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terror group in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... threatened Israel and synagogues worldwide on Saturday, and Paleostinian Lions of Islam killed an Israeli guard in the West Bank on Friday. Related: East Jerusalem: 2022-05-01 Suspects nabbed in killing of Ariel security guard East Jerusalem: 2022-04-30 Temple Mount prayers for last Friday of Ramadan end peacefully after morning clashes East Jerusalem: 2022-04-30 2 Umm al-Fahm residents indicted for not preventing deadly terror shooting in Hadera Related: Qalqilya: 2021-12-17 Driver indicted for transporting terrorist to Old City stabbing attack Qalqilya: 2021-12-14 Taxi driver to be charged with aiding terrorist in Jerusalem stabbing Qalqilya: 2021-12-05 Dozens of Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in West Bank Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-02 |
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