During the recent wave of violence, Israel's government has repeatedly criticized Palestinian factions for inciting attacks or not doing enough to quell them. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault by two Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday in a trendy restaurant complex near Israel's Defence Ministry, but Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups were quick to praise it. The attack, as families were enjoying a balmy evening out at the open-air Sarona complex, was the deadliest in the country's business and entertainment capital since a wave of Palestinian violence erupted in October last year. After the Tel Aviv attack, in which police said four Israelis - two men and two women - were killed and six were wounded, fireworks were set off in parts of the West Bank. The assailants came from near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2016 08:15 UTC