Netanyahu consults senior defense officials before returning from US; sources close to PM quoted saying if Palestinians want third intifada ‘they’ll get a second Defensive Shield’

The US and United Nations on Saturday condemned the murder of two Israelis in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the evening.

The State Department strongly condemned the “tragic stabbing” which left Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Benet dead, and Benet’s wife and child injured.

The terrorist was identified as Muhanad Shafeq Halabi, 19, from al-Bireh, near Ramallah in the West Bank.... Read More: Times of Israel