{"id":27065,"date":"2015-11-19T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=27065"},"modified":"2015-11-19T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:43:57","slug":"us-yeshiva-student-among-5-dead-in-palestinian-terror-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/us-yeshiva-student-among-5-dead-in-palestinian-terror-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"US yeshiva student among 5 dead in Palestinian terror attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (JTA) \u2014 Three people were\u00a0killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, including an American yeshiva student, hours after two Jewish men were stabbed to death in Tel Aviv at a prayer service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27068\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27068\" class=\"wp-image-27068 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a drive-by shooting near the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, in the Etzion Bloc, on November 19, 2015. Three people were killed in the terrorist attack, and several more wounded. Photo by Gershon Elinson\/FLASH90\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27068\" class=\"wp-image-27068 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a drive-by shooting near the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, in the Etzion Bloc, on November 19, 2015. Three people were killed in the terrorist attack, and several more wounded. Photo by Gershon Elinson\/FLASH90\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/West-Bank-terror.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-27068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a drive-by shooting near the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, Nov. 19, 2015. (Gershon Elinson\/Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The five deaths in the attacks, reportedly carried out by Palestinians, are the most on a single day since the latest spate of terror attacks by Palestinians began last month.<\/p>\n<p>In the West Bank attack on Wednesday, near the Alon Shvut settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc, the victims are reported to be an\u00a0American yeshiva student in his 20s, a Jewish-Israeli man in his 50s and a Palestinian man. At least seven other people were wounded, including some Americans. A group of American yeshiva students told Israel\u2019s Channel 2 that they had been in a mini van delivering snacks to soldiers stationed in the area when they came under fire, killing a fellow student.<\/p>\n<p>At least one attacker, reported to be a Palestinian, shot into a minivan full of people as well as another car near a traffic junction and then rammed\u00a0his car into several other cars and bystanders, according to reports. One shooter reportedly exited his car and was shot and injured by security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Three hours earlier, the attack in Tel Aviv occurred next to the entrance of an office used as a synagogue in the Panorama office building during afternoon services, Israel\u2019s Channel 2 reported live from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>One man died at the scene and two were injured; one later succumbed at\u00a0Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. The other wounded man was in serious to moderate condition at the same hospital, where the attacker is being treated.<\/p>\n<p>Aharon Yesiab, a rabbi from Tel Aviv, was identified as one of those killed.\u00a0He\u00a0worked at the Panorama building and was stabbed when he exited a prayer service there. The second victim was later identified as Aviram Reuven, 51.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian assailant who was wounded while being apprehended by civilians is in police custody. Police searched for a second alleged assailant, leading to the closing of several roads in the city, but later concluded that there was only one attacker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27067\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27067\" class=\"wp-image-27067 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra-Schwartz-580x380\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380.jpg 580w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/197;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27067\" class=\"wp-image-27067 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra-Schwartz-580x380\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ezra-Schwartz-580x380.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-27067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">!8-year-old Ezra Schwartz of Sharon, MA was identified as one of the victims of today&#8217;s violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haaretz reported that the assailant received a permit to enter Israel from the West Bank about a month ago and told police he entered Israel with the intent to attack and kill Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are pained and broken. The pain is the same pain. The mourning is the same mourning in Tel Aviv, in Paris, in the Etzion Bloc, and in the Sinai. The pornography of death is striking across the world,\u201d Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cFundamentalist Islamism is a danger to all free nations everywhere, and we must fight against it unequivocally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Netanyahu\/posts\/10153292934732076\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on his Facebook page offering his sympathy to the families of the victims, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote: \u201cBehind these terrorist attacks stands radical Islam, which seeks to destroy us, the same radical Islam that struck in Paris and threatens all of Europe. Whoever condemned the attacks in France needs to condemn the attacks in Israel. It\u2019s the same terror. Whoever does not do this is a hypocrite and blind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening, Netanyahu held a\u00a0security consultation with officials from the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Police and the Shin Bet Security service, according to a staetment from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. \u00a0Among the issues discussed were what action to take in the Hebron area, from where\u00a0most terrorists have set out recently, including both of Thursday\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Tel Aviv \u00a0attack comes a day after the one-year anniversary of the Palestinian terror\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2014\/11\/18\/news-opinion\/israel-middle-east\/four-israelis-killed-in-terror-attack-on-jerusalem-synagogue\">attack<\/a>\u00a0on a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem that left six dead \u2014 five worshippers and a Druze police officer. One of the victims\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2015\/10\/25\/news-opinion\/israel-middle-east\/rabbi-injured-in-2014-jerusalem-synagogue-attack-dies-of-wounds\">died<\/a>\u00a0last month after remaining in a coma for nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"US%20yeshiva%20student%20among%205%20dead%20in%20Palestinian%20terror%20attacks\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,380,7362],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27069,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions\/27069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}