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| Israelis injured in new spate of stabbings | Israelis injured in new spate of stabbings |
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| Six Israelis have been wounded and one assailant shot dead in the latest in a spate of stabbing attacks. | |
| Four Israelis were hurt in Tel Aviv before police killed the attacker, who they have not identified. | Four Israelis were hurt in Tel Aviv before police killed the attacker, who they have not identified. |
| They said a Palestinian had earlier wounded an Israeli in East Jerusalem. Another Israeli was stabbed in the West Bank by a Palestinian, they added. | |
| Four Israelis have been shot or stabbed to death and three attackers killed in a string of attacks since last week. | Four Israelis have been shot or stabbed to death and three attackers killed in a string of attacks since last week. |
| The Israeli authorities have increased security in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and put in place temporary restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's Old City, in an effort to stop more attacks. | |
| 'Traumatised' | |
| In Tel Aviv, a female soldier and three civilians were stabbed and lightly wounded with a screwdriver. The male assailant was then chased and shot dead by an air force officer, police said. | |
| The incident occurred across the road from the Kirya military compound. | |
| The mother of the soldier who was stabbed told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth: "I saw the terrorist running up to my daughter and stabbing her. I started screaming and crying and I understand that this was a terrorist attack. | |
| "She sat on her gun so he couldn't steal it, and the other soldier ran after the terrorist. I'm in shock. I just spoke to her and she is traumatised." | |
| Shortly afterwards, a Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded a man near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to the West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli military said. | |
| The attacker fled the scene and Israeli forces were searching the area, it added. | |
| Hours earlier, a Jewish seminary student was seriously injured when he was stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian near a light rail station in the French Hill area of East Jerusalem, police said. | |
| The assailant then fled the scene. He reportedly attacked a security guard at the station and attempted to steal his weapon. After a brief struggle, he ran away and was eventually apprehended by police. | |
| Tensions between Israel and Palestinians have soared in the past couple of weeks, with the attacks on Israelis following clashes between troops and Palestinian youths at a flashpoint holy compound in East Jerusalem. | Tensions between Israel and Palestinians have soared in the past couple of weeks, with the attacks on Israelis following clashes between troops and Palestinian youths at a flashpoint holy compound in East Jerusalem. |
| Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded and two shot dead, including a 13-year-old boy, in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank over the same period. | Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded and two shot dead, including a 13-year-old boy, in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank over the same period. |