Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinian communities in the West Bank should look like Gaza’s ‘Jabalia.’
Three Israelis were killed and eight others injured in a shooting attack near the illegal West Bank settlement of Kedumim, Israeli authorities have said.
Israeli media outlets cited security officials as saying at least two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at cars and a bus outside the settlement before fleeing the scene on Monday.
The shooting killed two women in their 70s and a 35-year-old police investigator from the illegal settlement of Ariel. The attack comes as the war in Gaza continues as international efforts try to reach a truce agreement.
Following the shooting, the far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich appeared to call for all-out violence against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, reminiscent of the destruction Israel has inflicted on Gaza.
“Al-Funduk, Nablus, and Jenin need to look like Jabalia,” he said, referring to the northern Gaza area that Israel has leveled and deprived of humanitarian aid for weeks.
Accusations of ethnic cleansing persist at Jabalia. UNITED NATIONS experts and several rights groups have also said that Israel is carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
