Two attacks in Israel suggest a new Intifada may be brewing
Two recent attacks in Israel proper suggest that the hostilities in the Gaza Strip are no longer limited by geography, implying a wider uprising akin to an intifada is more and more likely.
The first attack took place in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood according to Reuters.
Two people were killed when a Palestinian man believed to be from East Jerusalem chased down an Israeli in a large construction vehicle. The Palestinian ran over the Israeli before destroying a bus stop and over turning a bus. Israeli security forces shot and killed the Palestinian shortly after the beginning of the rampage. Three people were injured when the bus overturned
Video from the scene shows a man turning a corner at the scene of the flipped over bus just as what sound like gunshots ring out.
Images of the attack's aftermath appeared on social media.
Picture of the bus that got overturned in attempted terror attack in Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/Ow5lPK1GkN
— Israel To Stay (@IsraelToStay) August 4, 2014
Israeli reports that tractor driver rammed into a bus in Jerusalem in attempted attack. Reports of injuries at scene pic.twitter.com/vsJwnph45V — Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) August 4, 2014
Elsewhere in Jerusalem, a soldier was shot by a man on a motorcycle as he waited for a bus on a street near Hebrew University.
Images on social media showed the soldier receiving treatment on the sidewalk before being loaded into an ambulance by emergency personnel.
PHOTOS: Terrorist opened fire towards IDF soldier seriously injured, at Mt Scoups tunnels, Police searching area. pic.twitter.com/pOhTauiZee
— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) August 4, 2014
The rise in random violence within Israel, independent of Hamas is a recurring concern for Israel. Should these actions continue and intensify, the current violence may warp from isolated incidents, into a full scale intifada, or shaking off, that reaches from the Gaza Strip, through Israel, and into the West Bank.
