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08-17-2010, 02:36 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Palestinian gunman holds hostages in Tel Aviv embassy and declares 'I want to kill Jews'
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Last updated at 7:04 PM on 17th August 2010
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A gunman walked into a foreign embassy in Tel Aviv and took workers hostage after shots were fired outside the building today.
The Palestinian man entered the Turkish Embassy in the Israeli city and threatened 'to kill any Jews' who entered, according to local media reports.
His break-in followed the shooting of one person in the leg outside the building.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/17/article-1303873-0AD3908A000005DC-833_468x444.jpg Tel Aviv: The Turkish Embassy, left, is at the centre of a hostage crisis after a Palestinian gunman broke into it (file pic)
It was also reported that the man, said to be a Palestinian from the West Bank, broke into the British Embassy in the same city four years ago after he was refused asylum.
Haaretz.com, the Israeli daily newspaper, reported that the gunman had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages, and was threatening 'to kill any Jews' who entered.
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The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the man called the paper, identifying himself as Nadim Injaz, a Palestinian who sought asylum at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv in 2006.
He said he had a flammable liquid and threatened, 'I will kill any Jew that enters.'
Lawyer Shafik Abuani told Israel Radio that he talked to the man three times by telephone, trying to calm him down.
The lawyer said Injaz threatened to burn the embassy down if he is not granted asylum.
It was unclear what his relationship with the hostage-taker was.
Dozens of police and paramedics surrounded the three-storey building as night fell.
The numbers of hostages involved was unclear, but police confirmed it was an ongoing incident.
Co-operation between the Turkish and Israeli governments during the hostage-taking crisis has been hampered by poor relations in the nations.
Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv in the wake of the Israeli attack on a Turkish flotilla heading for Gaza on May 31, when nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed.
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A gunman walked into a foreign embassy in Tel Aviv and took workers hostage after shots were fired outside the building today.
The Palestinian man entered the Turkish Embassy in the Israeli city and threatened 'to kill any Jews' who entered, according to local media reports.
His break-in followed the shooting of one person in the leg outside the building.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/17/article-1303873-0AD3908A000005DC-833_468x444.jpg Tel Aviv: The Turkish Embassy, left, is at the centre of a hostage crisis after a Palestinian gunman broke into it (file pic)
It was also reported that the man, said to be a Palestinian from the West Bank, broke into the British Embassy in the same city four years ago after he was refused asylum.
Haaretz.com, the Israeli daily newspaper, reported that the gunman had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages, and was threatening 'to kill any Jews' who entered.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/17/article-1303873-0AD3A3E2000005DC-247_233x303.jpg
The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the man called the paper, identifying himself as Nadim Injaz, a Palestinian who sought asylum at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv in 2006.
He said he had a flammable liquid and threatened, 'I will kill any Jew that enters.'
Lawyer Shafik Abuani told Israel Radio that he talked to the man three times by telephone, trying to calm him down.
The lawyer said Injaz threatened to burn the embassy down if he is not granted asylum.
It was unclear what his relationship with the hostage-taker was.
Dozens of police and paramedics surrounded the three-storey building as night fell.
The numbers of hostages involved was unclear, but police confirmed it was an ongoing incident.
Co-operation between the Turkish and Israeli governments during the hostage-taking crisis has been hampered by poor relations in the nations.
Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv in the wake of the Israeli attack on a Turkish flotilla heading for Gaza on May 31, when nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303873/BREAKING-NEWS-Palestinian-Gunman-holds-hostages-Tel-Aviv-embassy-declares-I-want-kill-Jews.html#ixzz0wtDob7wg