13-year old Israeli girl stabbed to death in her own bedroom
Hallel Yaffa Ariel was repeatedly wounded in her own room, with doctors at a hospital in Jerusalem unable to save her
A Palestinian has stabbed an Israeli teenager to death in her bedroom in the West Bank before he was shot dead, the Israeli army and a Jerusalem hospital said.
The victim was Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, according to a spokeswoman for Jerusalem’s Shaarei Zedek hospital.
The military said an Israeli civilian security officer who arrived on the scene was also stabbed. He is in a serious condition, emergency services spokesman Yonatan Yagodovsky said.
ZAKA rescue service volunteer in Kiryat Arba David Edrai: “We were called out this morning to yet another terror attack in Kiryat Arba. Two people were evacuated to hospital in serious condition.
“As we were working at the scene, we received the news that the young girl died from her wounds. To our great sadness, we find ourselves time after time treating people from our own community, people we know – and it breaks our heart. We carry out our sacred work with enormous pain and difficulties.”
Over the last nine months, Palestinians have carried out dozens of attacks that have killed 33 Israelis and two Americans. About 200 Palestinians have been killed during that time, most identified as attackers by Israel.
The assaults were once near daily occurrences but have become less frequent in recent weeks. In June, however, Palestinian gunmen killed four Israeli civilians in Tel Aviv.
Shame on #Palestinian terrorists for breaking into #Israeli home today and murdering 13 year-old girl in her bedroom pic.twitter.com/eT0hnQI9HI
— Danny Ayalon (@DannyAyalon) June 30, 2016
Kiryat Arba is near the city of Hebron, which has been a flashpoint of violence in the recent wave of attacks. About 850 Israelis live there in heavily fortified enclaves amid 200,000 Palestinians.
Meanwhile, five Palestinians, including two police officers, were killed in two overnight shootings.
Police spokesman Loaie Izrekat said 16 others were injured in the shootings. The incidents underscore a lack of gun control in the West Bank.
Mr Irzekat said a Palestinian gunman attacked the home of a police officer in the town of Nablus. When officers arrived to investigate, they came under fire and two were killed.
Three more Palestinians were killed in a shootout between two clans sparked by an argument over a wedding hall in the town of Yaabad in the northern West Bank. Police imposed a curfew on the town overnight.
Palestinian police have struggled to crack down on widespread illegal gun possession in the West Bank.
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