Israeli troops raid home of Palestinian attacker

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Last Updated : Jul 22 2017 | 12:58 PM IST
A relative says Israeli troops have arrested the brother of a 20-year-old Palestinian who stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family.
The assailant, identified as Omar al-Abed, 20, had sneaked over the fence of the Israeli settlement of Halamish in the West Bank late yesterday and infiltrated the family's home, surprising them during a Sabbath dinner.
The army says the attacker killed a man and two of his children, while a woman was wounded. Al-Abed is hospitalised in Israel after being shot.
Ibrahim al-Abed, an uncle, says troops searched the family home in the village of Kobar today and arrested al- Abed's brother Monir, 21.
In a Facebook post yesterday, Omar al-Abed said he was avenging what he called Israel's "desecration" of a Jerusalem shrine.

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First Published: Jul 22 2017 | 12:58 PM IST

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