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Israel stabbings: Four injured in Kiryat Gat attacks | |
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Four Israelis have been injured, two of them seriously, after being stabbed in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, Israeli police say. | Four Israelis have been injured, two of them seriously, after being stabbed in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, Israeli police say. |
An Israeli police spokesman told AFP news agency that security forces were searching for at least one person over a "confirmed terrorist attack". | An Israeli police spokesman told AFP news agency that security forces were searching for at least one person over a "confirmed terrorist attack". |
The attack is the latest in a two-month long wave of similar assaults. | The attack is the latest in a two-month long wave of similar assaults. |
Fifteen Israelis and more than 80 Palestinians - many of them attackers - have been killed in the violence. | |
Israeli police say at least 50 of the Palestinians killed were attackers. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces. | Israeli police say at least 50 of the Palestinians killed were attackers. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces. |
The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. | The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. |
Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. | Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. |
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