Saturday 8 April 2023

The Two Sisters Killed By Terrorists in the Jordan Valley Identified


Father watched his two British daughters get shot dead in front of him in Jordan Valley horror


Later British holidaymakers were confirmed wounded in Tel Aviv terror attack when driver ploughed into pedestrians


British tourists have been confirmed among the injured in a Tel Aviv terror attack last night.

Neil Wigan, the British Ambassador to Israel, today said that he condemned the attack where an Italian national was killed and British nationals were injured.

He said that British authorities were in touch with the hospital and will offer their support.

Israeli officials work at the scene of an attack in Tel Aviv after a shooting in the West Bank

Israeli officials work at the scene of the attack in Tel Aviv

Israeli police and emergency service stand around a car involved in an attack in Tel Aviv today

Israeli police and emergency service stand around a car involved in the attack in Tel Aviv

One was killed and seven were injured in the attack which took place yesterday in Tel Aviv

One was killed and seven were injured in the attack which took place yesterday in Tel Aviv

A person wounded in the attack is brought to a hospital by medics in Tel Aviv earlier today

A person wounded in the attack is brought to a hospital by medics in Tel Aviv

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly held a call on Saturday with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen to discuss both of Friday's 'appalling' attacks.

In Tel Aviv last night, a car was seen to mount the pavement near a seaside park and drive through pedestrians.

Alessandro Parini died following in the Tel Aviv attack in Israel

Alessandro Parini died following in the Tel Aviv attack in Israel

A 36-year-old Italian man was killed in the attack, named by Italian news outlet Repubblica as 36-year-old Alessandro Parini from Rome.

A 74-year-old man, a 39-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl in 'moderate' condition, a man in his 50s and a 70-year-old woman were taken to the Wolfson Hospital in Holon and Ichilov.

A 31-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both tourists, were later taken to hospital with slight injuries. 

Police said they shot and killed the driver of the car and identified him as a 45-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel from the village of Kafr Qassem.

A video circulating on social media showed the car hurtling along a sidewalk for several hundred metres before crashing out of control.

Israeli medics and police check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023

Israeli medics and police check a damaged car at the scene of the shooting in the Jordan Valley April 7, 2023

Israeli medics and policemen check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting attack, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023

Israeli medics and policemen check a damaged car at the scene of the shooting attack in the Jordan Valley

Earlier on Friday, the two British-Israeli sisters were killed in a shooting in the West Bank.

Their father was reportedly driving in front and turned around to find his wife and daughters had been shot.

The three were shot while on the road near the Hamra junction in the northern part of the Jordan Valley.

Troops found bullet holes in the Israeli vehicle and deemed it a deliberate attack.

22 bullet casings were found.

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said: 'I am shocked by reports of the killing of two British sisters in an appalling and cowardly attack in the West Bank.

The family were from London and had emigrated to Efrat, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

The attacker was seen to drive south near the Charles Clore promenade, hitting tourists on the pavement

The Tel Aviv attacker was seen to drive south near the Charles Clore promenade, hitting tourists on the pavement