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| Jerusalem: Victim of Palestinian van attack dies | Jerusalem: Victim of Palestinian van attack dies |
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| An Israeli seriously wounded when a Palestinian driver attacked pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday has died. | An Israeli seriously wounded when a Palestinian driver attacked pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday has died. |
| Another person was also killed and eight were injured when the man rammed his car into people at a tram stop. | Another person was also killed and eight were injured when the man rammed his car into people at a tram stop. |
| He hit police officers with an iron bar before being shot dead. Militants Hamas said they carried out the attack. | He hit police officers with an iron bar before being shot dead. Militants Hamas said they carried out the attack. |
| Meanwhile several explosions in Gaza targeted homes and cars of officials from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. No-one was hurt. | Meanwhile several explosions in Gaza targeted homes and cars of officials from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. No-one was hurt. |
| Fatah official Fayez Abu Eitta said his car was destroyed and the homes of two other officials were damaged in the blasts early on Friday. | Fatah official Fayez Abu Eitta said his car was destroyed and the homes of two other officials were damaged in the blasts early on Friday. |
| Hamas, which controls Gaza, condemned the attacks, but Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf accused the group of carrying them out. | Hamas, which controls Gaza, condemned the attacks, but Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf accused the group of carrying them out. |
| The two factions have been at odds since Hamas reinforced its power in Gaza in 2007 after ousting its Fatah rivals. The groups formed a unity government in April, but it has not been fully implemented on the ground and tensions between the sides remain. | The two factions have been at odds since Hamas reinforced its power in Gaza in 2007 after ousting its Fatah rivals. The groups formed a unity government in April, but it has not been fully implemented on the ground and tensions between the sides remain. |
| Vehicle attacks | Vehicle attacks |
| The man declared dead on Friday after the Jerusalem attack was identified as 17-year-old Shalom Baadani, a Jewish seminary student. | |
| He was hit by the van driven by Ibrahim al-Akari, from Shuafat refugee camp in the east of the city, police said. | |
| His Facebook page states that he is a member of Hamas, and the Twitter account for the group's armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, described him as a member and a martyr. | His Facebook page states that he is a member of Hamas, and the Twitter account for the group's armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, described him as a member and a martyr. |
| Hamas said it had carried out the Jerusalem attack in revenge for Israel's actions around the al-Aqsa mosque, part of a holy compound. | Hamas said it had carried out the Jerusalem attack in revenge for Israel's actions around the al-Aqsa mosque, part of a holy compound. |
| A 38-year-old Israeli Druze border policeman, Jaddan Assad, was also killed in the incident - the city's second attack by a Palestinian with a vehicle in a week. | |
| A baby girl and an Ecuadorean woman were killed in the previous attack, carried out by a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group. | A baby girl and an Ecuadorean woman were killed in the previous attack, carried out by a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group. |
| Wednesday's attack came hours after clashes at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and Jews as the Temple Mount. The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and the compound the holiest site in Judaism. | Wednesday's attack came hours after clashes at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and Jews as the Temple Mount. The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and the compound the holiest site in Judaism. |
| Tensions have risen in the city in recent weeks, and access to the compound has been intermittently restricted, with Israeli police at times barring young male Muslim worshippers from entering the site for security reasons. | Tensions have risen in the city in recent weeks, and access to the compound has been intermittently restricted, with Israeli police at times barring young male Muslim worshippers from entering the site for security reasons. |
| The fate of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues between Israel and the Palestinians. | The fate of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues between Israel and the Palestinians. |
| The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, while Israel regards the whole of Jerusalem as its "eternal and indivisible capital". | The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, while Israel regards the whole of Jerusalem as its "eternal and indivisible capital". |
| Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1980 in a move not recognised internationally. | Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1980 in a move not recognised internationally. |