Israeli occupation police say they have “neutralised” two people involved in a shooting incident on 7 June. The attack occurred at a gas station near the entrance to Kochav Yair, in “Israel”. It resulted in the death of one “Israeli” and injuries to five others.

Two Palestinians martyred by Israel

Within minutes, Ben Gvir threatens execution: “if the terrorist is caught alive, he will be executed”

Minutes later, the Israeli occupation’s national “security” minister Itamar Ben Gvir, took to X:

“If the terrorist is caught alive, he will be executed. This is the law, and we will demand its enforcement.”

Ben Gvir has championed and celebrated the recently approved death penalty law, which applies to Palestinian prisoners only.

The occupation’s police shot and killed one of the “suspects” at their home in Tayibe. They later reported arresting another suspect there, who they say was connected with the incident. The police claim “the arrest followed intelligence indicating that he had requested assistance in hiding. During the arrest, the police claim he “attempted to attack the officers with a bottle, but he was subdued and taken into custody without injuries.”

Smotrich and Ben Gvir continue to stir up hatred towards Palestinians

Yet again, it will be the occupation’s word against that of Palestinians. And the arrest of this person in Tayibe is more than likely collective punishment. No details have emerged yet of the two killed by the occupation, or this third person who was arrested.

The occupation’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, took to X after the incident, blaming Arab- Israelis for the shooting. He claimed “a dangerous and extremist terrorist hotbed is growing that seeks to annihilate the state of Israel.”

Smotrich, a lifelong illegal settler, has recently had an application for his arrest warrant filed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s office.

Photos of Ben Gvir later emerged on the Israeli occupation’s police X post. It stated that Ben Gvir inspects “the site of the terrorist attack in the Sharon region.”

The Israeli occupation police, illegal colonial settlers, military and government all work together. They advance the aims of the ethno- supremacist Jewish state, which is to have a Jewish state for only Jews. None of them are to be trusted or believed.

“Israel” carries out collective punishment against Palestinians on a daily basis, and this inciteful and dehumanising language used against them, by the occupation’s police, Knesset members and others today will, no doubt, lead to yet more violence against the indigenous people of Palestine by “Israeli” colonists.

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