In the most recent attacks on Friday afternoon, Palestinian assailants allegedly stabbed a youth in Jerusalem and a soldier in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba. The Israel-Gaza border has been mostly quiet since last summer’s conflict but new tension threatens to open back up the wound. Both Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have called for calm and Palestinian police are continuing to coordinate with Israeli security forces to try to restore order, but there are few signs of the tension and violence dying down.
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Four of the Palestinians were killed after they allegedly attacked Israelis. Police said the assailant was a West Bank resident who worked at a construction site in Tel Aviv.
On Friday morning In Jerusalem, a Palestinian used a vegetable peeler to stab a 14-year-old Israeli boy in Jerusalem, leaving him with minor injuries.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, the Red Crescent and witnesses said.
Also on Friday, a Palestinian woman was shot at a bus station in Afula after trying to stab a uniformed man, according to Ynet.
It was the fourth stabbing attack and the sixth terror attack on an Israeli target in 24 hours. She said the attacks were likely “nationalistically” motivated. Later, a woman was shot after a stabbing attempt in northern Israel.
Ms Samri said attacks were probably “nationalistically” motivated.
“We give souls and blood for Jerusalem, Jerusalem and Aqsa is part of the religion”, he said, describing Palestinians who have carried out stabbings against Israelis as “heroes”.
Dimona mayor Beni Bitton said the stabber is a “mentally ill man”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and warned that those using violence and breaking the law “from whatever side” would be dealt with severely.
Violent clashes have increased in frequency since Israeli security forces began to crackdown on Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem last month.
Darabee said 24 people were wounded by live ammunition in the West Bank, and 44 others by rubber-coated bullets and other wounds.
In the southern city of Dimona, two people from the country’s Bedouin minority and two Palestinians were injured after being stabbed by an Israeli man who said his attacks were revenge for those made by Palestinians this week, according to Israeli media.
Israeli commentators have discussed the possibility that a third Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, is on its way.
Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli troops next to Israel’s controversial separation wall in east Jerusalem. It’s the fourth Palestinian attack against Israelis in a single the day.
Jews are prohibited from visiting the site, they call the Temple Mount, by Israel’s rabbinate, but hardliners have challenged the restriction.
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Still, he says their “hands are with those who are protecting Al-Aqsa mosque”.
