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Palestinian shot dead after stabbing soldier in Israel Israelis stabbed in three attacks as tensions escalate
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A Palestinian has been shot dead after wounding two Israelis in an attack in southern Israel, Israeli police say. There has been a series of stabbings in Israel and the occupied West Bank, amid escalating tensions in the region.
Amjad Gundi, a 20-year-old man from the West Bank village of Yatta, stabbed a soldier and took his weapon in the town of Kiryat Gat before being shot dead by police, a spokesman said. A Palestinian man was shot dead by police after attacking a soldier in southern Israel, hours after a Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli man who then shot her in Jerusalem.
Earlier, a Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli man who then shot and wounded her in Jerusalem's Old City. Later, an Israeli man was stabbed by a Palestinian man in central Israel.
The incidents come amid an upsurge of violence in Israel and the West Bank. Dozens of Palestinians were also reportedly hurt in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed until further notice a trip to Germany planned for Thursday, citing the security situation. The violence has prompted the Israeli prime minister to delay a visit to Germany. Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday, but his office said he wanted to stay to "closely monitor the situation".
Restrictions lifted Rifle snatched
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Amjad Gundi approached the Israeli soldier after stepping off a bus in Kiryat Gat and managed to snatch his weapon in a struggle that left the soldier with light injuries. In Wednesday's first attack, an Israeli man in his 30s was stabbed from behind in his upper body, sustaining moderate injuries, as he walked near the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif complex in Jerusalem's Old City, Israeli police said.
The man then fled into a residential building, where police forces tracked him down and shot him dead, Mr Rosenfeld added. The man managed to draw his personal weapon and shoot the 18-year-old female assailant from Sur Baher in East Jerusalem, who was taken to hospital in a serious condition, he added.
An ambulance service spokesperson earlier said in a statement that two people had been lightly wounded and taken to hospital in the city of Ashkelon. Hours later, police spokesperson Supt Micky Rosenfeld said, a Palestinian man approached an Israeli soldier after getting off a bus in the town of Kiryat Gat in southern Israel and managed to snatch his rifle in a struggle that left the soldier with light injuries.
In the Jerusalem attack, an Israeli man in his 30s was stabbed from behind in his upper body, sustaining moderate injuries, an Israeli police spokesperson said. The man then fled into a residential building, where he reportedly forced his way into one woman's flat, grabbed a kitchen knife and attempted to stab her after realising that the rifle did not have a magazine. Israeli police then arrived at the scene and shot the man dead.
The man then drew his personal weapon and shot the 18-year-old female assailant from Sur Baher in East Jerusalem, who was taken to hospital in a serious condition, they added. The assailant was later name as Amjad Gundi, a 20-year-old man from the West Bank village of Yatta.
The attack came after Israeli authorities lifted some of the tight security measures put in place following a series of deadly attacks. In the third attack, a Palestinian resident of Hebron who is in his 30s stabbed a 25-year-old Israeli man outside a shopping centre in the central Israeli town of Petah Tikva, before being apprehended by security forces and taken into custody, a police spokesperson said.
On Saturday, a Palestinian stabbed two Israelis to death in Jerusalem's Old City. Another Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli teenager elsewhere in the city. Israeli police killed both attackers. An ambulance service spokesman said the Israeli was taken to hospital with moderate wounds.
In the evening, police officers on patrol in the Abu Tor district of East Jerusalem apprehended an Arab suspect with a knife after he tried to stab them, Supt Rosenfeld said. No injuries were reported.
The attacks come only four days after a Palestinian stabbed two Israelis to death in Jerusalem's Old City. Another Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli teenager elsewhere in the city that day. Israeli police killed both attackers.
And last Thursday, gunmen shot and killed an Israeli couple as they drove with their four young children in the West Bank. Israeli police say five members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas have confessed to the shooting.And last Thursday, gunmen shot and killed an Israeli couple as they drove with their four young children in the West Bank. Israeli police say five members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas have confessed to the shooting.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian youths during clashes with protesters in the West Bank on Monday. Israeli media quoted military officials on Tuesday as saying one of them, a 13-year-old boy, had been shot by mistake. The Palestinian Red Crescent also reported that dozens of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli forces on Wednesday.
The most serious clashes occurred in the area of Beit El, east of Ramallah, and in the Nablus, Bethlehem and Jericho regions, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited the humanitarian organisation as saying.
On Monday, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian youths during clashes with protesters in the West Bank. Israeli media quoted military officials on Tuesday as saying one of them, a 13-year-old boy, had been shot by mistake.