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Israelis and Palestinians injured in new stabbing attacks | |
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Israelis and Palestinians have been injured in a fresh spate of stabbings, including what Israeli police say was an apparent revenge attack on Arabs. | |
Two Israeli Bedouins and two Palestinians were hurt when an Israeli stabbed them in apparent retaliation for a wave of attacks on Israelis. | |
Elsewhere there were further stabbings of Israelis - the latest in a week of such incidents. | |
The attacks come amid soaring tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. | |
Four Israelis have been killed and many wounded, while at least three Palestinians have been killed amid clashes with troops. | |
Rash of attacks | |
Police say an Israeli stabbed the Bedouins and Palestinians in what was an apparently "nationalistic" attack, in the southern city of Dimona, on Friday morning. | |
The suspect was arrested and is being questioned. | The suspect was arrested and is being questioned. |
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. | 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. |
The mayor of Dimona said the suspect was "a mentally ill man", the Associated Press news agency reported. | |
Shortly afterwards, an attacker was shot dead after stabbing an Israeli policeman near Hebron. | |
In Jerusalem, a 16-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli was stabbed and wounded. A Palestinian suspect fled but was caught by police. | |
An Israeli policeman, meanwhile, was injured and his assailant shot dead near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to Hebron. Separately, a Palestinian woman was shot and wounded after trying to stab a guard at a bus station in Afula, northern Israel, police said | |
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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |