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| Fireworks Launched At Jewish Neighborhood In Jerusalem |
| 2014-10-14 |
| [Ynet] Paleostinians fired fireworks at balconies of Jewish homes on the Mount of Olives in the capital during Sukkot. Paleostinians launched fireworks Sunday night at the homes of Jewish residents on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The locals claimed the fireworks were fired towards Sukkot erected for the holiday in the neighborhood. There were no casualties and no damages were caused by the incident. A Border Guard force was deployed to the scene and responded with crowd dispersal measures until the hostilities ended. Jerusalem Police did not arrest any suspects in connection with the fireworks. A local resident told Ynet: "We were sitting in the Sukkah with the family, when we suddenly heard loud kabooms. We were alarmed, left the Sukkah, and saw fireworks being launched from Arab homes directly on homes in the Jewish neighborhood." She added: "For three or four minutes they fired more and more fireworks. Some reached the balconies with the Sukkahs in them." The neighborhood has seen its share of rock hurling incidents in recent weeks. The Jerusalem Light Rail came under a hail of stones in five separate attacks Saturday evening. All of the incidents took place in East Jerusalem, near the village of Shuafat, highlighting the perils the rapid transit system faces in the Paleostinian parts of the city. In four of the attacks, the windows of the trains were damaged. No one was maimed and the police or security forces have yet to make an arrest. According to data by the Light Rail, since riots broke out in July in wake of a string of violent incidents in the West Bank between Israelis and Paleostinians, which included the kidnap murder of three Israeli teens and the murder of a Paleostinian boy in retribution by Jewish Lion of Islams, over 100 cases of attacks on the train have been reported. According to the data, the majority of the attacks are at night, sometimes up to three an hour. In some cases, the cars' windows are shattered, forcing the rail to take it temporarily out of use. The damage caused by these attacks during the past two months is estimated by the company at roughly half a million NIS. |
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