Palestinian violence spreading beyond Gaza and the South

The Jerusalem Post reports:

In an apparent sign of Palestinian violence spreading beyond Gaza and the South, four people were wounded Monday morning, one of them seriously, in a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian terrorist in the town of Modi'in Illit (Kiryat Sefer).

The terrorist was shot by Kobi Rosenstein, a Magen David Adom volunteer who came to treat wounded.

MDA said the medic's bravery prevented additional casualties.

At 8.05 a.m., MDA's Ayalon branch received an alert about shooting and stabbing in the haredi settlement's Rehov Yehuda Hanassi. Two regular ambulances and two more sophisticated ones were dispatched. When the rescue teams arrived, they found someone they knew well - MDA volunteer medical Arye Deutsch, lying on the floor bleeding heavily. The apartment owner, who was herself lightly wounded, said the Arab attacker - the head of a renovation team in her flat, seriously wounded his contractor employer, stabbed her and her husband and fled.

Ismail Yusuf, an MDA paramedic who arrived at the apartment, said that after running up four flights of stairs in the elevator-less building, they saw Deutsch. "He was lying on his stomach, but it didn't take me long to identify Arye, as we did many ambulance shifts together," said Yusuf. "It was very painful to see his condition. He did not react and didn't understand what was happening. Medics know that someday you may treat somebody you know, but when it happens, it's very hard to digest," Yusuf added.

Deutsch was rushed to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, where he was in critical condition with wounds to his head.

First aid is administered to the handcuffed stabber in Modi'in Illit, Monday.

Photo: David Leff, "Ichud Hatzala"



Five others were also hospitalized there, one serious and four lightly injured. The terrorist was seriously hurt by Rosenstein's bullet and hospitalized in Sheba as well.

Security forces believe that a second man may have been involved in the attack, and were conducting searches in the area.

Also Monday, Arab residents of east Jerusalem held violent demonstrations in protest of the military operation in Gaza.

In the Shuafat refugee camp, a minor was detained after she hurled stones at Border Police forces, together with dozens of other youths.

Near Har Adar and outside Kalandiya, stones were hurled at border policemen and tires were burnt.

No one was wounded in any of the incidents.

Meanwhile, student demonstrations were held both for and against the Gaza operation in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa.

Almost 200 anti-operation protesters took part in a demonstration outside the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, holding signs which read "Free Gaza" and "Free Palestine" and waving Palestinian flags.

Some 300 Jewish students held a counter-demonstration in support of the operation.

At least sixty policemen were at the scene in order to ensure clashes would not break out between the two sides.

Meanwhile, some 200 Arab Israelis protesting against the operation clashed with students expressing their support for the military action at Tel Aviv University.

Three of the Arab protesters were arrested.

At the Haifa University, some 300 Arab students carried out a protest against the operation, while approximately 100 students demonstrated their support for the IDF.

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