Israel has repeatedly denied such claims.
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In light of the multitude of violent incidents at the flashpoint junction, the security establishment was also reportedly weighing steps to separate Israelis and Palestinians in the area, according to Channel 2.
“He was all slashed and bloody”. “We’re a bit concerned about that and said so publicly”.
The State Department said Kerry will travel to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah on a trip that will also include a stop in the United Arab Emirates to discuss the Syrian conflict. A blood-spattered floor was littered with plastic gloves. A military spokesman said the assailant was shot and killed. Her father, Taha Qatanani, said his daughter went to school as usual in the morning and that he heard about her death two hours later.
Following the attack, he was shot dead by soldiers nearby. She was run down by a Jewish settler and shot by security forces. She had just returned to Israel a few weeks ago from a half-a-year trip to India. But he said the goal was not to broker a deal between Israel and the Palestinian authority. The army troops had fired on the group but could not confirm any injuries. But it has struggled to contain the seemingly spontaneous attacks. Kerry was set to depart on his trip Sunday in the wake of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people and injured hundreds more.
With the attacks defying global efforts to restore calm, US Secretary of State John Kerry is to travel to Israel and the West Bank to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday.
Palestinian attacks have claimed the lives of 17 Israelis since the flare-up began.
Over the past two months, Palestinian stabbings and other attacks have killed 18 Israelis, while 87 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire.
Much of the violence has emanated from Hebron, the largest West Bank city, where hundreds of Israeli settlers live in heavily-guarded enclaves surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians.
In response, the Israeli government has ordered an intensification of demolitions of homes of those accused of carrying out the attacks.
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Israeli politicians have encouraged licensed gun owners to arm themselves during the latest wave of unrest.
