Israeli Officials Call for Escalation Against Palestinians After West Bank Shooting

Right-wing politicians in Israel are calling for forceful measures against Palestinians following a terror attack in the northern West Bank town of Huwara, the second shooting attack there in three weeks. The attack seriously wounded an Israeli man, and a spokesperson for a far-right coalition MK urged the government to “wipe out” the entire town as revenge. The Israel Defense Forces said the Palestinian terrorist was shot by both the victim and soldiers immediately after the attack, before he fled the scene on foot. Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have been high for the past year, with the IDF conducting near-nightly raids in the West Bank amid a series of deadly Palestinian terror attacks.