Caccia all'uomo dopo che un soldato israeliano è stato pugnalato a morte in Cisgiordania
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Il corpo di un soldato israeliano è stato trovato con numerose coltellate vicino a un insediamento ebraico nella Cisgiordania occupata in quello che il primo ministro Benjamin Netanyahu ha definito un attacco "terroristico".L'incidente, che si è verificato tra Betlemme e Hebron in Cisgiordania , ha scatenato una caccia all'uomo da parte delle forze di sicurezza , rischiando di aumentare le tensioni prima delle elezioni israeliane del 17 settembre."Oggi nelle prime ore del mattino, il corpo di un soldato è stato trovato con segni di ferite , vicino a una comunità [ebraica] a nord di Hebron", ha dichiarato l'esercito israeliano Non ha approfondito le circostanze né confermato se il soldato fosse in divisa in quel momento.
L'IDF , la polizia e l'agenzia di intelligence Shin Bet stanno perquisendo la zona . Netanyahu lo ha definito "un grave attacco". Il Primo Ministro israeliano ha aggiunto in una nota: "Le forze di sicurezza sono ora alla ricerca del terrorista e saldare conti con lui".
Il soldato di 18 anni,appena arruolato, era studente in uno yeshiva - o seminario ebraico - nell'insediamento di Migdal Oz, vicino a dove è stato trovato il corpo. Era inserito in un programma che univa il servizio militare allo studio religioso.
"Il soldato si è recato a Gerusalemme nel pomeriggio per acquistare un regalo per i suoi insegnanti", ha detto il rabbino Shlomo Wilk. “ E' stato in contatto con noi fino a mezz'ora prima di essere assassinato. Era sull'autobus per la yeshiva. A circa 100 metri dalla fermata dell'autobus, prima di entrare nell'insediamento, è stato assassinato. "
La polizia israeliana ha bloccato l'accesso all'area intorno alla quale è stato trovato il corpo situato, così sembra, a circa 30-40 metri fuori dal cancello dell'insediamento.
Gli attacchi palestinesi contro le forze di sicurezza israeliane e i coloni si verificano sporadicamente in Cisgiordania, occupata da Israele dalla guerra dei sei giorni del 1967.
A tali attacchi seguono raid israeliani che spesso aumentano le tensioni.
L'incidente è avvenuto in un momento delicato, in vista delle elezioni generali di Israele del mese prossimo. È accaduto anche poco prima delle vacanze musulmane di Eid al-Adha. Netanyahu vorrebbe evitare un inasprimento delle tensioni in Cisgiordania o nella Striscia di Gaza prima delle elezioni, ma deve probabilmente affrontare la pressione politica di agire con fermezza.
Il suo principale sfidante, l'ex generale dell'esercito Benny Gantz del centrist Blue and White Alliance, ha inviato le sue condoglianze alla famiglia del soldato e ha parlato in termini severi.
Gantz ha dichiarato: "Le forze di sicurezza [militari] e israeliane sapranno come mettere le mani su questi odiosi terroristi, vivi o morti".
Circa 400.000 israeliani ora vivono in insediamenti in Cisgiordania accanto a circa 2,6 milioni di palestinesi.Ad aprile Netanyahu si è impegnata ad annettere insediamenti in Cisgiordana . L'annessione di insediamenti su larga scala potrebbe far vacillare le speranze di una soluzione a due stati .
An Israeli soldier’s body has been found with multiple stab wounds near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in what the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has called a “terrorist” attack.
The incident, which occurred between Bethlehem and the flashpoint city of Hebron in the West Bank on Thursday, sparked a manhunt by security forces and risked heightening Israeli-Palestinian tensions weeks ahead of Israeli polls on 17 September.
“Today in the early morning hours, a soldier’s body was found with stabbing marks on it adjacent to a [Jewish] community north of Hebron,” Israel’s army said in a statement. It did not elaborate on the circumstances or confirm whether the soldier was in uniform at the time.
Troops, police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency were searching the area, it said. Netanyahu called it “a serious stabbing attack.” The Israeli PM added in a statement: “Security forces are now in pursuit to capture the lowly terrorist and settle accounts with him.”
The newly drafted 18-year-old soldier was a student at a yeshiva – or Jewish seminary – in the settlement of Migdal Oz, near where the body was found. He was in a programme that combined military service with religious study, the seminary head told Israeli public radio.
“The soldier left for Jerusalem during the afternoon to buy a gift for his teachers,” Rabbi Shlomo Wilk said. “He was in contact half an hour before he was murdered. He was on the bus to the yeshiva. About 100 metres from the bus stop, before he entered the settlement, he was murdered.”
Israeli police blocked access to the area around where the body was found and medics were at the scene.The body appeared to have been located about 30 to 40 metres outside the gate of the settlement.
Palestinian attacks against Israeli security forces and settlers occur sporadically in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 six-day war.
Such attacks and Israeli arrest raids that follow often boost tensions.
The incident came at a sensitive time, ahead of Israel’s general election next month. It also occurred just before the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
Netanyahu would seek to avoid a ramping up of tensions in either the West Bank or the Gaza Strip before the elections, but he would also likely face political pressure to act firmly.
His main challenger, the former army general Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White Alliance, sent condolences to the soldier’s family and spoke in stark terms.
Gantz said: “The [military] and Israeli security forces will know how to get their hands on these loathsome terrorists, dead or alive.”
About 400,000 Israelis now live in settlements in the West Bank next to about 2.6 million Palestinians.
In April, Netanyahu pledged to annex settlements in the West Bank, which would be a deeply controversial move. Annexing settlements on a large scale could dash already fading hopes for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An Israeli soldier’s body has been found with multiple stab wounds near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in what the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has called a “terrorist” attack.
The incident, which occurred between Bethlehem and the flashpoint city of Hebron in the West Bank on Thursday, sparked a manhunt by security forces and risked heightening Israeli-Palestinian tensions weeks ahead of Israeli polls on 17 September.
“Today in the early morning hours, a soldier’s body was found with stabbing marks on it adjacent to a [Jewish] community north of Hebron,” Israel’s army said in a statement. It did not elaborate on the circumstances or confirm whether the soldier was in uniform at the time.
Troops, police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency were searching the area, it said. Netanyahu called it “a serious stabbing attack.” The Israeli PM added in a statement: “Security forces are now in pursuit to capture the lowly terrorist and settle accounts with him.”
The newly drafted 18-year-old soldier was a student at a yeshiva – or Jewish seminary – in the settlement of Migdal Oz, near where the body was found. He was in a programme that combined military service with religious study, the seminary head told Israeli public radio.
“The soldier left for Jerusalem during the afternoon to buy a gift for his teachers,” Rabbi Shlomo Wilk said. “He was in contact half an hour before he was murdered. He was on the bus to the yeshiva. About 100 metres from the bus stop, before he entered the settlement, he was murdered.”
Israeli police blocked access to the area around where the body was found and medics were at the scene.The body appeared to have been located about 30 to 40 metres outside the gate of the settlement.
Palestinian attacks against Israeli security forces and settlers occur sporadically in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 six-day war.
Such attacks and Israeli arrest raids that follow often boost tensions.
The incident came at a sensitive time, ahead of Israel’s general election next month. It also occurred just before the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
Netanyahu would seek to avoid a ramping up of tensions in either the West Bank or the Gaza Strip before the elections, but he would also likely face political pressure to act firmly.
His main challenger, the former army general Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White Alliance, sent condolences to the soldier’s family and spoke in stark terms.
Gantz said: “The [military] and Israeli security forces will know how to get their hands on these loathsome terrorists, dead or alive.”
About 400,000 Israelis now live in settlements in the West Bank next to about 2.6 million Palestinians.
In April, Netanyahu pledged to annex settlements in the West Bank, which would be a deeply controversial move. Annexing settlements on a large scale could dash already fading hopes for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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