The policewoman who was badly injured in the Shaar Shechem attack today has died of her wounds, police say.
She was identified as Hadar Cohen, 19, of Or Yehuda.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that one of the attackers was a childhood friend of a Palestinian who was killed as he tried to stab an Israeli soldier in the West Bank three months ago, reports Israel Radio’s Gal Berger on Twitter.
Over the weekend, the Palestinian assailant posted on Facebook about his friend and how much he misses him, he reports.
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Prayers for Hadar Cohen.
There is a set series of moves that can and must be made now in the Holy Land to mitigate and ultimately end the violence. The “leaders” need to step up to the plate. Beware a vacuum of vision, courage and trust building at the top-apex-centre of the command and control structure in the Holy Land…
Boruch dayan emes.
BDE. Why wasn’t she wearing a bulletproof vest? Here in the U.S.A. all policemen wear these vests.