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Hamas officials on Thursday praised the East Jerusalem man who rammed his car into a light rail station in the city a day earlier in an act of terror, killing an infant and wounding seven others.
Hamas spokesperson Mushir al-Masri called the attack a 'daring operation' and a 'natural response to the crimes of the occupation against our people and our holy places.'
Abdel Rahman Al-Shaludi, a Palestinian resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan who in the past served prison time for security offenses, drove up to the station near Ammunition Hill on Wednesday and hit passengers disembarking from the train. He was shot and arrested trying to flee the scene on foot, and later died of his wounds.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered police reinforcements in Jerusalem, following consultations with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, police chief Yohanan Danino and Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen.
'As I have said for months, the situation in Jerusalem is intolerable and we must act unequivocally against all violence taking place in the city,' he said in a statement. 'Today, more than ever, it is clear that we must send police forces into neighborhoods where there are disturbances, placing them strategically and widely in significant numbers.'
Netanyahu also held Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accountable for the attack. 'That's how Abu Mazen's [Abbas'] partners in government act, the same Abu Mazen who just a few days ago incited to an attack on Jews in Jerusalem,' said Netanyahu, referring to Abbas' call on Friday to Palestinians to use 'any means' to bar the settlers from the Temple Mount.
Entities 0 Name: Jerusalem Count: 3 1 Name: Abu Mazen Count: 2 2 Name: Netanyahu Count: 2 3 Name: Hamas Count: 2 4 Name: East Jerusalem Count: 2 5 Name: Abbas Count: 2 6 Name: Mahmoud Abbas Count: 1 7 Name: Mushir al-Masri Count: 1 8 Name: Ammunition Hill Count: 1 9 Name: Palestinian Count: 1 10 Name: Temple Mount Count: 1 11 Name: Yohanan Danino Count: 1 12 Name: Silwan Count: 1 13 Name: Abdel Rahman Al-Shaludi Count: 1 14 Name: Shin Bet Count: 1 15 Name: Yoram Cohen Count: 1 16 Name: Yitzhak Aharonovitch Count: 1 17 Name: Benjamin Netanyahu Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/10otPPx Title: Baby killed when Palestinian drives into Jerusalem train stop-police Description: Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad 1 of 5. Israeli policemen inspect a car wreck in Jerusalem October 22, 2014. The driver, whom police identified as Palestinian Adbel-Rahman Shaloudi, 21, was shot by police as he tried to flee the scene on foot and was in serious condition in hospital, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding he was a resident of Arab East Jerusalem.
