Israel closes all checkpoints between East Jerusalem and West Bank
Israeli forces have closed all checkpoints between occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank following an attack that killed five people in East Jerusalem, sources tell Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, after police said the perpetrators came from the West Bank, Israeli Army Radio reported that Israeli forces imposed a military cordon on four Palestinian villages in the Jerusalem governorate of the territory – Qatana, Biddu, Beit Inan, and Beit Duqu – and are conducting raids there.
The military said it had reinforced its forces in the wider Jerusalem area and was conducting a wide-ranging search for what it described as “accomplices” of the perpetrators of the shooting.
Security officer, civilian shot perpetrators of Jerusalem attack: Police
A security officer and a civilian shot the perpetrators dead after the attack that killed five people in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police say. The police said the perpetrators of the shooting arrived in a vehicle and opened fire at a bus station.
Israel likely to respond to Jerusalem shootings with retribution against attackers’ homes
Israel will likely respond to the deadly shooting in East Jerusalem with acts of retribution targeting the homes of the gunmen, going by its track record of retaliation to previous attacks, Israeli political analyst Ori Goldberg says.
“I would assume the response would be extremely tactical,” he told Al Jazeera. “They would try to identify the gunmen who carried out the attack, then they would go after their village or town of residence, [and] demolish their homes.”
He said, in response to a previous attack, Israel had ordered thousands of trees to be destroyed in an attacker’s home village. “They would take all kinds of punitive actions,” he said.
“Israel is not capable of carrying out anything that is broader than a … tit-for-tat, trying to show it has the upper hand by using an excessive level of force,” he added. “This is true in Gaza, it’s going to be true in the West Bank.”
Israeli forces at the Ramot Junction in East Jerusalem
