Rutgers-bound student killed by Palestinian in day of bloody violence

Goodwin told Haaretz that gap year studies in Israel were so common among their peers that they were "not especially worried" about the security situation. His mother is Ruth Schwartz.

Ezra Schwartz, a 2015 graduate of the Maimonides School. "He has all of the wonderful qualities of his parents and grandparents".

The wave of violence has claimed the lives of 15 Israelis and dozens of Palestinians. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in a release.

The U.S. Department of State said it extended its condolences to Schwartz's family and friends.

Two Israelis killed in the Tel Aviv attack when a Palestinian stormed into an office building with a knife were buried in separate funerals also on Friday.

The assailant fled through a parking area and seriously injured another man before being stopped by bystanders armed with a metal pole.

A Rutgers-bound student with family in New Jersey was among those killed in a severely bloody day of Israeli-Palestinian violence Thursday.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the attacker attempted to enter a synagogue inside the building. Later, near the Gush Etzion settlement of Alon Shvut, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire at a number of vehicles, killing two Jews - including one American - a Palestinian, and wounding four others. The driver then continued to the next junction and rammed the vehicle into a group of pedestrians at a crowded bus stop. The third victim suffered wounds in the upper body.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to the Schwartz family, to Ezra's Maimonides School community, his Camp Yavneh family, and the Sharon Community", the ADL leader said in a statement.

"We at ADL are deeply saddened at the death of Ezra Schwartz. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ezra's family, classmates and friends".

In Hebron, around 2,000 Palestinian crowded outside the Al-Hussein Ibn Ali mosque to mourn Shadi Arafa, who was killed in the same attack.

Another of the victims reportedly was a Palestinian.

Earlier this month, soldiers and Civil Administration officials raided another Palestinian radio station in Hebron, after it aired what the army called "incitement" to deadly attacks against Israelis.

Other American students were also wounded in the attack, according to the Post. Glaringly absent from the discussion, however, is a serious attempt to understand the perspectives of ordinary Palestinians, and how those views might shape the atmosphere in which teenagers decide to become "suicide knifers", and politicians and clerics who feel comfortable leveling seemingly outrageous accusations against Israel.

Referring to a series of government measures passed in recent weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would exact a harsh punishment on those who carry out attacks against it's citizens. Of them 52 are said by Israel to be attackers and the remainder killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

Mladenov also said "punitive demolitions" of the homes of alleged terrorists are "illegal under worldwide law".