Three Palestinian civilians were killed on Friday by Israeli gunfire in separate attacks in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and in East Jerusalem.
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Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and global peace activists held, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli annexation wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The soldier was taken to hospital for treatment, the military said.
Two of the later attacks on Israelis happened nearby.
Police said the attacker, Saeed Amro, was 28 and held a Jordanian passport, having crossed the border between the two countries on Thursday afternoon.
In East Jerusalem, a Jordanian man was killed by security forces after trying to stab police outside Damascus Gate, according to Israeli authorities.
He was identified by police as a resident of Jordan.
However, he noted, though the attacks over the weekend were “of course a change from recent weeks, we cannot now point to any major change on the ground that indicates it will increase”. A Palestinian woman who was with the person killed Friday was critically wounded in the shooting, the Maan news agency reported.
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.
On Saturday morning, a Palestinian man stabbed an IDF soldier the Nahal Brigade’s 50th Battalion near the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron. It said forces at the scene opened fire, killing one of the Palestinians and wounding the other.
Violence has flared up in the occupied West Bank.
16 year old Mohamed Al Roujbie was killed by Israeli soldiers at Tall Al Romadah military checkpoint located in Hebron old city.
More than 200 Palestinians – mostly attackers, Israel says – have also been killed in that period.
The frequency of what had been near-daily attacks had slowed in recent months.
Palestinian officials had no immediate comment on the incident.
Israel says anti-Israeli incitement by Palestinian officials and on social networks have stoked attacks.
Palestinians say the violence is rooted in decades of living under military rule and fading hopes for independence.
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Abu Rudaina called on the global community to hold Israel responsible for failure of peace between Israel and the Palestinians and asserted on the PA’s determination to continue political struggle for the sake of legitimate Palestinian rights, mainly the right to self-determination.
