- Title: Israelis mourn boy killed in West Bank bus shooting
- Date: 12th December 2024
- Summary: JERUSALEM (DECEMBER 12, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS DURING FUNERAL OF 12-YEAR-OLD YEHOSHUA AHARON TUVIA SIMHA, WHO WAS KILLED IN BUS SHOOTING ATTACK NEAR BEIT JALA MEN GATHERED INSIDE FOR FUNERAL PROCESSION MEN PUTTING THE BODY DOWN VARIOUS OF MEN GIVING EULOGY DURING FUNERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND BROTHER OF YEHOSHUA STANDING DURING EULOGY BROTHER OF YEHOSHUA SPEAKING PEOPLE DURING FUNERAL BROTHER OF YEHOSHUA LOOKING DOWN
- Embargoed: 26th December 2024 12:50
- Keywords: Israel Jerusalem West Bank attack boy bus child funeral shooting
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001672612122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israelis held a funeral in Jerusalem for 12-year-old Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, who was killed during a shooting attack on a bus in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (December 12).
The shooting was carried out between the midnight hours of Wednesday and early hours of Thursday, and at least four people were wounded,
The Israeli military said that Following a pursuit of the man who carried out the attack, the Palestinian turned himself in to security forces.
Violence in the West Bank was already on the rise before the war in Gaza erupted on Oct. 7 last year and has surged since, with frequent Israeli military raids, violence by Jewish settlers and Palestinian street attacks on Israelis.
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