A few hours later, at a junction near Hebron, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier who opened fire and killed him, the military said.
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But in recent months they have slowed to a trickle.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers killed a Jordanian man, identified as Sa’id Amro, 28, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The killings at the weekend ended three weeks of relative calm and came as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned that a two-state solution was “further than ever” from becoming reality.
The attacks did not appear to be related, authorities said, but instead carried hallmarks of so-called “lone wolf” strikes by Palestinians targeting Israel and Jewish settlements in the past year.
“Forces at the scene fired at the vehicle resulting in the death of one of the assailants while the other was wounded”, the army said. The two were residents of the nearby village of Bani Na’im. Even the proposal by forces in Congress, who wanted to see Israel receive as much aid as possible, was $3.4 billion in 2017 – in light of the restrictions on the American budget.
Palestinians hold banners during a solidarity rally for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in Gaza City on 8 September.
Palestinian officials had no immediate comment on the incident.
According to an Israeli army statement, an “Assailant stabbed and wounded an Israeli army officer”. About 214 Palestinians have been killed during that same time; Israel says the majority of them were attackers.
The Palestinian assaults began a year ago and have mostly consisted of stabbings.
The Israel Defense Forces moved an additional infantry battalion into the Hebron area of the West Bank following the weekend attacks, including one outside of Hebron. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld posted a photograph on Twitter showing three knives placed on the ground.
There appears to have been a fifth attack early Saturday morning, another stabbing attack in Hebron Saturday morning in which the perpetrator was shot dead. “The occupation, stifling and oppressive, must end”, he added.
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Palestinian leaders say assailants have acted out of desperation over the collapse of peace talks in 2014 and Israeli settlement expansion in occupied territory that Palestinians seek for an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
