TIMES OF ISRAEL
PM blames Palestinian incitement for terror attack; IDF hunts killers
by Judah Ari Gross, Raphael Ahren and TOI Staff
October 2, 2015
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday blamed Palestinian incitement for a deadly shooting attack that killed an Israeli couple near Nablus on Thursday night. Four of their six children, aged 4 months, 4, 7 and 9, were in the vehicle but were not hit by the gunfire. “This is a difficult day for the State of Israel. We witnessed an especially cruel and disgusting murder during which a couple was killed. Parents were killed and their children were left orphans. Our heart goes out to the children,” Netanyahu told Israeli reporters in his Manhattan hotel, in what was his first reaction to the attack. READ MORE