Manhunt for Ariel shooter underway in northern West Bank - Live Updates:


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Manhunt for Ariel shooter underway in northern West Bank

Israeli security forces are searching the Palestinian town of Salfit for the man who killed an Israeli man and injured two others in an attack at the Ariel Junction earlier today.
According to reports in Palestinian media, IDF forces were searching homes and properties in the nearby town of Salfit in the northern West Bank.
The Quds News Network says barriers were set up around the town, and drones were assisting troops in searching for the fugitive.
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Jordan condemns ‘dangerous’ Israeli decision to shutter building at Temple Mount

Jordan is condemning a ruling by an Israeli court to shutter a side building on the Temple Mount that has been the source of tensions between security forces and the Islamic Waqf, which acts as the custodian of the volatile holy site on behalf of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
A statement from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says it sees Israel as responsible for the “dangerous consequences of the decision” and calls for the ruling regarding the Gate of Mercy to be reversed.
“According to international law, East Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are part of the Palestinian lands that were occupied in 1969 are therefore not under the jurisdiction of the Israeli legal system,” the statement says according to reports in Hebrew-language media.
Earlier, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered the Gate of Mercy or Golden Gate closed while legal proceedings continue.

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Launching election campaign, Bennett vows to free IDF of High Court ‘restrictions’

The New Right Party led by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked launches a new campaign Sunday ahead of the upcoming election, vowing to defeat both the Hamas terror group and the High Court of Justice.
“My mission and that of Ayelet Shaked is clear: to release the IDF from the restrictions of the High Court of Justice so the IDF can defeat Hamas,” Bennett says at a press conference in Tel Aviv’s Beit Sokolov.
Referring to the deadly shooting attack in the West Bank earlier today, Bennett claims the soldiers at the scene hesitated before opening fire at the assailant out of fears they would be prosecuted.
“When soldiers see a terrorist they think five times before they open fire on him because they’re afraid they will get taken to court,” he says.
“It’s time to be honest and say that the High Court of Justice is tying the hands of IDF soldiers who are trying to defeat terror,” Bennett says.