Palestinian medics say five people have been wounded Tuesday by Israeli gunfire, two of them seriously, on a "Day of Rage" declared by Palestinian groups. With the worst unrest in years in Israel and the Palestinian territories showing no signs of abating, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a security cabinet meeting for 3 p.m. (1200 GMT) to discuss what police said would be new operational plans. Officials said Israel's public security minister was considering whether to seal off Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. Seven Israelis and 27 Palestinians, including eight children, have died in almost two weeks of street attacks and security crackdowns. The violence has been stirred in part by Muslim anger over increasing Jewish visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem. Two Palestinians allegedly shot and stabbed passengers on a bus in occupied Jerusalem, killing two and injuring four, police said. One of the assailants was killed, an ambulance service spokesman said, and the other captured. In Raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, a Palestinian man allegedly stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli on a shopping street during the morning rush hour. Amateur video distributed by police showed several men kicking and beating the alleged assailant as he lay on the ground. The ambulance service said he was seriously hurt. A shopkeeper said that, after hearing shouting, he had grabbed a heavy wooden umbrella and run outside to confront the assailant. The main Palestinian factions, including the Fatah movement and the Hamas group, declared a "Day of Rage" on Tuesday across the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, accusing Israel of "escalating its crimes against our people" and carrying out "summary executions." The leaders of Israel's Arab community called for a commercial strike in their towns and villages. — Agencies
