Rajabi was one of three alleged assailants killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis, two in and around occupied Hebron and one in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
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Palestinian leaders say the assailants have acted out of desperation over the collapse of peace talks in 2014 and Israeli settlement expansion in occupied territory. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday’s attacks.
At noon, police shot and killed a citizen of Jordan after he pulled two knives at them outside East Jerusalem’s Old City, according to police spokeswoman Luba Samri.
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi blasted the recent killings. Security forces opened fire, killing one of the Palestinians and wounding the other. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld posted a photograph on Twitter showing three knives placed on the ground. The witness told Haaretz that “he didn’t see the man attacking anyone”.
Shortly afterward, two Palestinians rammed their auto into a bus stop, wounding three Israeli civilians near a West Bank settlement. Photos published by the IDF showed a knife on the front seat.
In a separate incident near Hebron on Friday, the Israeli army said a vehicle attempted to ram into soldiers near Kiryat Arba, an Israeli settlement. About 214 Palestinians were also killed during that same period; Israel says the majority were attackers.
It is worth mentioning that dozens of Palestinians volunteered to help the Palestinian since early-morning hours until the evening, especially since they also had to remove the rubble as part of the Israeli ruling against the property.
“A reportedly unarmed 19-year old Palestine refugee from Fawwar camp was killed after being shot in the chest by live ammunition rounds reportedly fired by an Israeli sniper stationed approximately 100 metres away”, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said.
Israel says Palestinian incitement has fuelled the attacks.
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That violence, which ignited in October 2015, saw 212 Palestinians and 33 Israelis killed, according to Reuters.
