In October, he said that Israel had “executed” a teen terrorist while the terrorist was recovering in an Israeli hospital. According to the army, a female Palestinian attempted to ram her auto into a group of soldiers but was shot beforehand.
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Elsewhere in the West Bank, an Israeli man standing outside an Israeli-run supermarket was seriously wounded in a Palestinian stabbing attack, and troops were searching for the assailant, the army said.
Palestinian officials say a fisherman was shot and killed by Egyptian naval forces off the Gaza coast on Thursday.
“The forces called the perpetrators to halt, followed by warning shots in the air, and upon the suspects’ continued assault, forces fired toward a main instigator, confirming a hit”, a spokeswoman told AFP.
The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan’s king said in an apparent attempt to allay Palestinian concerns about his plan to install the cameras at the sprawling hilltop compound. But the Palestinians said Israel would use the cameras to spy on and arrest people.
The army said around 4,000 Jewish worshippers were visiting the holy site Friday as part of a religious pilgrimage.
A 72-year-old woman died after being shot at a petrol station.
In the first two intifadas, in 1987-1993 and 2000-2005, thousands of people were killed and many more wounded in near daily violence.
Other clashes were reported at various locations throughout the West Bank, as well as in East Jerusalem and Gaza.
Meanwhile, near the Israeli settlement of Psagot, close to the West Bank city of Ramallah, youths and soldiers clashed in a residential area during a torrential downpour.
Neither Israeli or Palestinian leaders are calling the current wave of violence an intifada, but there are concerns on both sides that it could escalate into one.
“My children are living in fear”. They also said she did not intend to attack the soldiers.
Security forces fired teargas and live ammunition into the air as regular Friday Palestinian protests erupted in the West Bank, with reports of more than a dozen Palestianians wounded.
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The centrepiece of the meeting is expected to be defence aid for Israel following the nuclear deal between Iran and major powers, which Netanyahu strongly opposed.
