A 13-year-old Palestinian shot and injured two people in east Jerusalem less than a day after another gunman killed seven Israelis outside a synagogue, fueling concern about further attacks in one of the bloodiest months in years in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The latest shooting carried out Saturday, just outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City, wounded a 47-year-old man and his 23-year-old son, police said. The young shooter, who hid behind a car to fire on passersby en route to visit the Kotel, a Jewish shrine in the Old City, was shot and seriously wounded by armed civilians. He was evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital for treatment.
“Unfortunately, terrorist organizations are encouraging and inciting children to be involved in terror attacks against Israeli civilians,” a police statement said.
