Second Israeli dies after being wounded in explosions in Jerusalem

An Israeli died Saturday from wounds he sustained Twin explosions hitting Jerusalem Earlier this week the death toll from the blasts, which Israeli police attributed to the Palestinians, was brought to two.

The Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem announced that Tadesse Teshome Ben Madeh has died. He was seriously injured in one of the explosions at the city’s bus stations.

“Shaare Zedek’s trauma and critical care teams fought for his life, but unfortunately his injury was very fatal,” the hospital said.

The first blast occurred on Wednesday near a normally crowded bus stop on the outskirts of the city. The second left about half an hour later in Ramot, a settlement north of the city. One of the blasts instantly killed Aryeh Schupak, 15, an Israeli-Canadian citizen who was walking to a Jewish seminary when the blast went off.

The blasts also injured about 17 Israelis.

While Palestinians carried out stabbings and car rammings and shootings In recent years, bombings have been very rare since the end of a Palestinian uprising nearly two decades ago.

No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the explosions in Jerusalem.

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been fluctuating for monthsamid late-night Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank sparked by a spate of deadly attacks on Israelis that killed 19 in the spring.

More than 130 Palestinians were killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and East Jerusalem this year, making 2022 the deadliest year since 2006. The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed were militants. But stone-throwing youth protesting the Israeli army’s invasion and others not involved in confrontations were also killed.