An Israeli military spokeswoman said of Saturday’s attack that during a “routine security check” in the West Bank city of Hebron, an “assailant armed with a knife stabbed an (Israeli) soldier”.
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Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and killed a Jordanian citizen after he attempted a stabbing attack against Israeli police officers outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, a flashpoint for violence, according to the Israeli military.
With most anti-Israeli assaults carried out since October by individuals without any central guiding hand, it was hard to gauge why violence had surged in the past 24 hours.
The Israeli army said the he drew a knife and wounded a soldier before he was shot. “Responding to the threat, Israeli soldiers shot towards the assailant resulting in his death”.
Two Palestinians and a Jordanian were also killed on Friday by.
As people learn more about Israeli human rights violations, the movement to end US military aid to Israel will grow and the campaign to protect Palestinian human rights will gain strength.
It was the latest incident in an nearly one-year long surge of Israeli-on-Palestinian deadly repression met with violent responses by Palestinians against settlers and Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian man was shot on Sunday morning after allegedly stabbing an Israeli army officer in a settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Shortly afterward, two Palestinians rammed their vehicle into a bus stop, wounding three Israeli civilians near a West Bank settlement.
Palestinians have carried out a wave of attacks, mainly stabbings, over the past year, killing 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans.
Amro was one of three alleged assailants killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis on Friday, Israeli security forces said. In a third incident, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by the soldier he had just stabbed, although not critically.
According to Hamas spokesman Sami Abu-Zuhri, the Israeli crimes will never “break the will” of the Palestinians, whose blood will fuel the Aqsa Intifada.
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“Israel is flagrantly employing a systematic and wilful policy of summary executions against the Palestinian people; such provocative acts are in direct violation of global law and conventions”, she said. Palestinian officials and rights groups accuse Israel of using excessive force. The latest round of USA -brokered peace talks collapsed in April 2014. “The occupation, stifling and oppressive, must end”, he said.
