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Israeli 'stabs four Arabs in revenge attack' | Israeli 'stabs four Arabs in revenge attack' |
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Four Arabs have been injured in an apparent revenge attack amid a spate of fresh stabbings in southern Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank. | |
An Israeli suspect was arrested after the four were wounded in Dimona. | |
Elsewhere, an attacker was shot dead after stabbing an Israeli policeman near Hebron, while an Israeli teenager was stabbed in Jerusalem. | |
It comes after a wave of stabbing and shooting attacks on Israelis by Palestinians in recent days. | It comes after a wave of stabbing and shooting attacks on Israelis by Palestinians in recent days. |
Four Israelis have been killed in the attacks and many wounded. At least three Palestinians have been killed amid clashes with troops as tensions have soared. | |
Police say the attack in Dimona, which injured two Israeli Bedouins and two Palestinians, was apparently "nationalistic". | |
The suspect was arrested and is being questioned. | |
Later, a policeman was injured and his assailant shot dead near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to Hebron. | |
In Jerusalem, a 16-year-old ultra-Orthodox boy was stabbed and wounded. A Palestinian suspect fled but was caught by police. | |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he "strongly condemned the harming of innocent Arabs" and vowed to bring to justice anyone who breaks the law. | |
Friday's attacks follow a sharp rise in violence between Israelis and Palestinians since late last month, when clashes erupted at a flashpoint holy compound in East Jerusalem. | |
An Israeli couple were shot dead in the West Bank in front of their four children, while two more Israelis were killed in a stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City days later - the first in a spate of stabbings of Israelis in the city, northern and western Israel and the West Bank. | An Israeli couple were shot dead in the West Bank in front of their four children, while two more Israelis were killed in a stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City days later - the first in a spate of stabbings of Israelis in the city, northern and western Israel and the West Bank. |
Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded and at least three, including a 13-year-old boy, shot dead in clashes in the West Bank during the same period. | |
Five of the Palestinians who carried out the stabbings have been killed. | |
Israel has boosted security across the country and imposed temporary restrictions on Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City of Jerusalem. | Israel has boosted security across the country and imposed temporary restrictions on Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City of Jerusalem. |