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Five Palestinians killed 'after attacking Israelis' | |
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Five Palestinians, three of them teenagers, have been shot dead after trying to attack Israeli security forces, Israeli officials say. | |
Another Palestinian, a teenage girl, was critically wounded in another attempted assault, police said. | |
No Israelis were hurt in any of the incidents. | |
They were the latest in a wave of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs. | |
More than 160 Palestinians - most of them attackers, Israel says - and 26 Israelis have been killed since October 2015. Palestinians have also been killed in clashes with Israeli forces and during demonstrations. | |
In the first incident on Sunday, the Israeli army says that two boys were throwing rocks at passing cars near Jenin in the northern West Bank. | In the first incident on Sunday, the Israeli army says that two boys were throwing rocks at passing cars near Jenin in the northern West Bank. |
When a patrol arrived at the scene, the army says one of them opened fire with a rifle. | When a patrol arrived at the scene, the army says one of them opened fire with a rifle. |
The soldiers fired back and killed the two Palestinians. Both are said to have been 15 years old. | The soldiers fired back and killed the two Palestinians. Both are said to have been 15 years old. |
Later at a checkpoint, Israeli police say a Palestinian youth with a knife ran at officers as they checked cars entering Jerusalem. One officer opened fire and killed him. | |
The youth is said to have been 17 and from a village near Bethlehem. | |
In the third deadly incident, two Palestinians were killed after they opened fire on Israeli police with automatic weapons outside Jerusalem's Old City, an Israeli police spokesman said. | |
And in another violent incident, a 17-year-old woman who tried to stab a policeman in Hebron was shot and taken to hospital in a critical condition, police said. | |
Correspondents say the wave of violence shows no sign of abating, and, although the attacks are sporadic, they are persistent. |